If, upon the trial of any indictment or information, the defendant shall be acquitted or discharged, and the prosecutor or prosecuting witness shall be liable to pay the costs according to law, judgment shall be rendered against such prosecutor for the costs in the case, and in no such case shall the same be paid by either the county or state.

(RSMo 1939 § 4228)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3833; 1919 § 4176; 1909 § 5384