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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDUREChapter 7 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN CIRCUIT COURTS
IN GENERAL
Section 11-7-149 - Court officers not to converse with jurors

Miss. Code § 11-7-149

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Section 11-7-149 - Court officers not to converse with jurors

The sheriff, bailiff, or other officer, shall not be in the room or converse with a juror after the jury has retired from the bar, save by order of the court. A violation of this section shall subject the offender to a fine of fifty dollars and one week's imprisonment for a contempt.

Miss. Code § 11-7-149

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 1 (137); 1857, ch. 61, art. 156; 1871, § 638; 1880, § 1711; 1892, § 729; 1906, § 790; Hemingway's 1917, § 574; 1930, § 583; 1942, § 1527.