§15-5-15. Hearing on controverted grounds; authentication of testimony as to such facts.

If the grounds on which a search warrant was issued be controverted, the judge or the magistrate must proceed to hear the testimony, which must be reduced to writing and authenticated in the manner prescribed in Section 15-5-4.

(Code 1852, §840; Code 1867, §4391; Code 1876, §4020; Code 1886, §4741; Code 1896, §5498; Code 1907, §7771; Code 1923, §5485; Code 1940, T. 15, §114.)