29-412. Arrest under a warrant; prisoner to be taken before magistrate; return.

Whenever any person has been arrested under a warrant as provided in sections 29-401 to 29-411, it shall be the duty of the officer making the arrest to take the person so arrested before the proper magistrate; and the warrant by virtue of which the arrest was made, with the proper return endorsed thereon and signed by the officer, shall be delivered to such magistrate.

Source:G.S.1873, c. 58, § 294, p. 791; R.S.1913, § 8948; C.S.1922, § 9972; C.S.1929, § 29-412; R.S.1943, § 29-412.