If the offense charged be punishable with fine and imprisonment, or either, the recognizance of the accused entered into before a magistrate shall not be for less than two hundred dollars and in all cases the magistrate taking the recognizance shall cause it to be in such amount as the circumstances may seem to require.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 43-242; 1952 Code Section 43-242; 1942 Code Section 941; 1932 Code Section 941; Cr. P. '22 Section 37; Cr. C. '12 Section 38; Cr. C. '02 Section 29; G. S. 2622; R. S. 35; 1839 (11) 22; 1885 (19) 439.