If, from the examination before the judge, it appears that the person being held is the person charged with having committed the alleged crime and, except in cases arising under § 12-9-7 and § 12-9-8, that the person has fled from justice, the judge must, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him or her to the adult correctional institutions for a time not exceeding thirty (30) days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the governor or on requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused give bail as provided in § 12-9-19, or until he or she shall be legally discharged.

History of Section.
P.L. 1947, ch. 1890, § 15; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3721, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 12-9-18.