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Rule 180. Refusal to Testify

TEXT

Any witness refusing to give evidence may be committed to jail, there to remain without bail until such witness shall consent to give evidence.

Source: Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 323, Sec. 5, amending Art. 3709, unchanged.

Note: Same as Rule 176.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.