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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.37. Witness May Be Committed

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Art. 17.37. [303] WITNESS MAY BE COMMITTED.  A witness 
required to give bail who fails or refuses to do so shall be 
committed to jail as in other cases of a failure to give bail when 
required, but shall be released from custody upon giving such bail.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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