Section 15-2-23
Examination of prosecution witnesses on interrogatories upon change of venue in misdemeanor cases.
When the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, upon granting a change of venue, the court may provide that witnesses for the prosecution may be examined on interrogatories on such terms as the court may prescribe.
(Code 1852, §656; Code 1867, §4208; Code 1876, §4913; Code 1886, §4487; Code 1896, §5311; Code 1907, §7853; Code 1923, §5582; Code 1940, T. 15, §270.)