Sec. 42-3. - Power to compel attendance; subpoenas.

Said court shall have the power to issue writs of summons for witnesses, and compel their attendance, and to punish for contempt by fine or imprisonment. Such court may also issue writs of habeas corpus ad testificandum, upon continuance of any complaint or proceeding before it, and may take recognizance to the state, with surety or sureties in such sums as the court shall think proper with condition to appear before the court and make further answer to such complaint or proceeding, and in the meantime to keep the peace; and in want thereof may commit the same to the state correctional institution until such recognizance shall be given or the parties lawfully discharged therefrom.

(Code 1971, § 13½-3)