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Code · New York · Civil Rights · Privilege From Arrest

§ 27. Discharge of exempt witness.

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§ 27. Discharge of exempt witness. Where a person has been arrested in
violation of section twenty-five, a justice of the supreme court, a
county judge or the court, if any, from which the subpoena was issued or
which ordered the witness to attend, or a judge thereof, shall order
such person discharged from the arrest upon proof, by affidavit, of the
facts.
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