Section 15-12-10. Juror's failure to appear or unauthorized absence; contempt

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If any person is duly summoned to appear as a juror at court and neglects or refuses to appear, or if any juror absents himself or herself without leave of the court, said neglect, refusal, or absence may, after notice and hearing, be punished as contempt of court.

Ga. L. 1869, p. 139, § 7; Ga. L. 1872, p. 15, § 1; Code 1873, § 3938; Code 1882, § 3938; Penal Code 1895, § 864; Penal Code 1910, § 868; Code 1933, § 59-117; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 5; Ga. L. 1995, p. 1292, § 1; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-10/HB 415.

                    
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