Before or during the trial of a person charged with rape or assault with intent to ravish, when the female who is alleged to have been assaulted is a witness, the judge of the court in which the case is to be tried may, in his discretion, by an order direct that the deposition of such witness be taken at a time and place designated in such order within the county in which the trial is to be had upon such notice to the accused as the judge may direct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-73; 1952 Code Section 16-73; 1942 Code Section 1016; 1932 Code Section 1016; Cr. P. '22 Section 107; Cr. C. '12 Section 92; 1909 (26) 206.