In all criminal cases in the said court in which bail shall be forfeited, the person who shall have entered into such recognizance for the appearance of any traverser or prisoner shall be liable forthwith to an attachment for contempt for the nonappearance of said party, which attachment shall be issued by the court in which an indictment against said traverser or prisoner is pending, at the instance of the attorney prosecuting therein. P.L.L., 1860, §132 1888, §203 1915, §347 1927, §347 1930, §347 1938, §445 1949, §274 1969, §22-53 1898, ch. 123, §347