Art. 16.10. ATTACHMENT FOR WITNESS.  The magistrate has the power in all cases, where a witness resides or is in the county where the prosecution is pending, to issue an attachment for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of such witness;  this he may do without having previously issued a subpoena for that purpose.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.