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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 544.110

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

When any person who shall have committed a felony in one county shall escape into another, any associate circuit judge within the county in which such offender may be found may, upon complaint in writing and upon oath being made before him charging such person with such offense, issue his warrant for the apprehension of such offender, and the officer making the arrest shall convey the prisoner to the county in which the offense is charged to have been committed, as prescribed in section 544.260.