When a person has once been discharged on habeas corpus, he cannot be again imprisoned, restrained or kept in custody for the same cause, unless he is indicted
therefor or, after a discharge for defect of proof, is again arrested on sufficient proof and committed by legal process.
History: (Code 1852, §737; Code 1867, §4288; Code 1876, §4964; Code 1886, §4787; Code 1896, §4840; Code 1907, §7035; Code 1923, §4334; Code 1940, T. 15, §30.)