Disobedience to subpoena, how punished

§ 545.340 RSMo — under Proceedings Before Trial.

§ 545.340 RSMo

545.340. Disobedience to subpoena, how punished. — Disobedience to any such subpoena shall be punished in the same manner and upon like proceedings as provided by law in civil cases; and every delinquent witness shall be liable to the party at whose instance he was summoned, in the same manner and to the same extent as in cases of witnesses summoned in a civil suit.

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(RSMo 1939 § 4008)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3619; 1919 § 3962; 1909 § 5169

CROSS REFERENCE:

Attendance of witness, how enforced, 491.140 to 491.170, 491.190