8-4-8. SERVICE OF WRIT - RETURN OF WRIT AND PRODUCTION OF BODY BEFORE JUDGE.

Whenever a writ of habeas corpus shall, by any person, be served upon the sheriff, jailer, keeper, or other person to whom the same shall be directed, or is brought to him or left with any of his under officers or deputies at the jail or place where the applicant is detained, he or some of his under officers or deputies, shall, make return of such writ, and bring, or cause to be brought, the body of the applicant before the Court or Judge who granted the writ, and certify the true cause of his detention.