Tenn. Code § 40-17-106 : CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES — GENERAL PROVISIONS —17-106 - Endorsement of names of witnesses TEXT PDF It is the duty of the district attorney general to endorse on each indictment or presentment, at the term at which the indictment or presentment is found, the names of the witnesses as the district attorney general intends shall be summoned in the cause, and sign each indictment or presentment name thereto. T.C.A. § 40-17-106 Code 1858, § 5596; Shan., § 7637; Code 1932, § 12266; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2047.