Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18.13
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18.13, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 18.13. SHALL DISCHARGE DEFENDANT.
Official statutory text
If the magistrate be not satisfied, upon investigation, that there was good ground for the issuance of the warrant, he shall discharge the defendant and order restitution of the property taken from him, except for criminal instruments. In such case, the criminal instruments shall be kept by the sheriff subject to the order of the proper court.
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