(A) Witnesses in any proceeding in the Court, other than the peace officers, shall be entitled to $20 per each day of attendance, plus $0.15 for each mile actually and necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the place of attendance if their residences are outside the limits of the town. However, no witness shall receive fees or mileage in more than one case for the same period of time or the same travel.
(B) A defendant seeking subpoena witnesses must deposit with the Clerk a sum sufficient to cover fees and mileage for one day of attendance for each witness to be summoned, but such deposit shall not be required from an indigent defendant who files an affidavit setting out:
(1) The names of no more than three witnesses;
(2) The defendant, by reason of his or her poverty, is unable to provide the fees and mileage allowed by law;
(3) The testimony of said witnesses is material; and
(4) Their attendance at the trial is necessary for his or her proper defense.
(C) In such cases, the fees of such witness shall be paid by the town.
(Prior Code, § 1-7-18)