Habeas Corpus

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Section
10-9-1

General right to writ.

Section
10-9-2

Repealed.

Section
10-9-3

Application for writ - Contents.

Section
10-9-4

Issuance of writ - Forms.

Section
10-9-5

Court to which writ returnable.

Section
10-9-6

Return to Providence superior court when other courts not in session.

Section
10-9-7

Receipt and return of writ.

Section
10-9-8

Return or statement by person to whom writ directed.

Section
10-9-9

Signature and oath to return or statement.

Section
10-9-10

Body brought with return or statement.

Section
10-9-11

Illness of person confined.

Section
10-9-12

Remand, bail, or commitment pending judgment.

Section
10-9-13

Failure of officer to deliver copy of process by which prisoner held.

Section
10-9-14

Examination of cause of restraint - Adjournment.

Section
10-9-15

Notice to party on whose process restraint based.

Section
10-9-16

Notice to attorney general or complainant in criminal cases.

Section
10-9-17

Denial of facts in return or statement - Hearing of evidence.

Section
10-9-18

Discharge on failure to show cause for restraint.

Section
10-9-19

Admission to bail.

Section
10-9-20

Order as to bail when person held on civil mesne process.

Section
10-9-21

Remand to custody.

Section
10-9-22

Appeals and exceptions barred - Subsequent application to supreme court allowed.

Section
10-9-23

Enforcement of writ by attachment as for contempt.

Section
10-9-24

Attachment and commitment of a member of the division of sheriffs.

Section
10-9-25

Forfeiture for failure to receive and execute writ.

Section
10-9-26

Precept after disobedience of writ.

Section
10-9-27

Transfer or concealment of prisoner with intent to avoid writ.

Section
10-9-28

Common law remedies not barred by penalties.

Section
10-9-29

Rearrest of discharged person.

Section
10-9-30

Judicial powers not restrained.

Section
10-9-31

Power of justices to admit to bail.

Section
10-9-32

Judicial power to bring in criminal defendants and witnesses.