19-815. HOLDING DEFENDANT TO ANSWER. If, after hearing the evidence adduced at the preliminary examination, the magistrate finds that a public offense has been committed, and that there is probable or sufficient cause to believe the defendant guilty thereof, the magistrate shall enter an order holding the defendant to answer to said public offense, which order shall be substantially as follows: "It appearing to me that the offense set forth in the complaint (or any offense, according to the evidence presented at the preliminary examination, stating generally the nature thereof), has been committed, and that there is sufficient cause to believe the within named A.B. guilty thereof, I order that he be held to answer the same."
History:
[(19-815) Cr. Prac. 1864, sec. 160; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7579; C.S., sec. 8757; I.C.A., sec. 19-715; am. 1969, ch. 467, sec. 9, p. 1339.]
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