The magistrate must keep the depositions of witnesses or transcript of preliminary examination taken at such preliminary examination until the same is returned to the proper court; and such magistrate must not permit the same to be examined or copied by any person except a judge of a court having jurisdiction of the offense, or authorized to issue writs of habeas corpus, the attorney-general, prosecuting attorney, or other prosecuting attorney, and the defendant and his counsel.

[(19-813) R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 7577; C.S., sec. 8755; I.C.A., sec. 19-713; am. 1969, ch. 467, sec. 7, p. 1339.]