56.140. Subject to fine, when. — If any prosecuting attorney shall fail to attend any term of the court having criminal jurisdiction in his county, held in pursuance of law, he shall be fined twenty-five dollars by the court, unless he show good cause to the contrary at the next succeeding term thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12951)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11325; 1919 § 745; 1909 § 1015