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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 7.10. May Discharge Defendant

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Art. 7.10. [87] [132] [122] MAY DISCHARGE DEFENDANT.  If the 
magistrate believes from the evidence that there is no good reason 
to apprehend that the offense was intended or will be committed, or 
that no serious threat was made by the defendant, he shall discharge 
the accused, and may, in his discretion, tax the cost of the 
proceeding against the party making the complaint.

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

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