Section 15-21-15
Subpoenas for witnesses.
(a) On the application of either party, subpoenas for witnesses must be issued at any time before the hearing on a writ of habeas corpus by the clerk of the circuit court of the county to which the writ is returnable.
(b) Such subpoenas must be directed to the sheriff or any constable of the county in which the witness resides and must be executed and returned as in other cases.
(Code 1852, §721; Code 1867, §4272; Code 1876, §4948; Code 1886, §4772; Code 1896, §4823; Code 1907, §4319; Code 1923, §4319; Code 1940, T. 15, §15.)