Whenever the magistrate has good cause to believe that a witness for the prosecution will not appear to testify, the magistrate may require the witness to enter into a similar undertaking in a larger sum and with sufficient security.
Code 1858, § 5069; Shan., § 7028; Code 1932, § 11568; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-1124.
Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 23.16.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Witnesses, § 3.