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13].4 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 429. 1899. CHAPTER TWENTY—SEVEN. OF COMPELLING THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. Sec. 252. Snbpumas, and so forth, how regulated. ¤¤\>¤,:i¤·•· ¤*¤··¤¤“‘ Sec. 252. That the issuance of subpmenas and all proceedings to com- "phpel the attendance of witnesses in criminal actions in the said DlSt1°lCt shall be regulated by the laws of the United States respecting district and circuit courts. · CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. OF COMPBOMISING CERTAIN CRIMES BY LEAVE OF THE COURT. see. ssc. 253. What crimes may be compromised. j 255. Order a har to another prosecution. 254. Compromise by permission of the 256. No crime can be compromised, ex- , court; order thereon. cept. W¤•¢¤¤¤¤¤•¤¤•vl>¤ Sec. 253. That when a defendant is held to answer on a charge of °""""'°°°°' misdemeanor, for which the person injured by the act constituting the crime has a remedy by a civil action, the crime may be compromised, as provided in the next section, except when it was committed- First. By or upon an officer of justice while in the execution of the duties of his office; Second. Riotously; or Third. With an intent to commit a felony, or ‘ Fourth. Larcenously. _ m€:i¤°£¤g¤g*§th:*g°gg Sec. 254. That if the party injured appear before the court at which order ummm. ’ the defendant is bound to appear, at any time before trial on an indictment for the crime, and acknowledge in writing that he has received satisfaction for the injury, the court may, in its discretion, on payment of the costs and expenses incurred, order all further proceedings to be stayed upon the prosecution and the defendant to be discharged therefrom; lint the order and the reasons therefor must be entered on the journa . 0***** * I"' .* ° Sec. 255. That the order authorized by the last section, when made mma °!°°°°°°°°` and entered, is a bar to another prosecution for the same crime. m1;<>r:ri¤¤¤ <=:;·m\•: Sec. 256. That no crime can be compromised, nor can any proceeding P " for the prosecution or punishment thereof be stayed upon a compromise, except as provided in this chapter. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. OF DISMISSLL OF THE ACTIQN POR WANT OF PBOSEOUTION 02 OTHERWISE. , Soc. sec. 267. Dismissal of charge when indlct— g 260. Effect of dismissal of action or ment not found at next term. charge upon bail or deposit. 58. Dhmissslofactionwhennotbrought 261. When court may dismiss action on totnal at next term after ind1ct· its own motion or that of the disment found. trict attorney. 259. Court may continue cause and admit 262. Nolle prosequi abolished. defendant to bail on his own nn- 263. Dismissal, when a bar to another dertakiug. action. w{;i;¤;;¤£;1t¤f°;1;a;§: _ Sec. 257. That when a person has been held to answer for a crime, ,,,,,,,.1 at .,.2 .,,,,,,_ if an indictment be not found against him at the next term of the court at which he is held to answer, the court must order the prosecution to . be dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary be shown. Sec. 258. That if a defendant, indicted for a crime, whose trial has Dismissal et muon not been postponed upon his application or by his consent, be not §§‘§‘,,'@°Z,:,’§§,’“',§',§°,Y,‘{ brought to trial at the next term of the court in which the indictment giujd i¤•ii<=¤¤¤¤¤¤ triablo after it is found, the court must order the indictment to be _ ` dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary be shown.