Miss. Code § 99-17-23

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 99-17-23 - Dueling; offender compelled to testify against another

If any person offend against any of the provisions of Sections 97-39-1 to 97-39-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, headed Dueling, such person shall be a competent witness against any other person offending in the same transaction, and may be compelled to appear and give evidence in the same manner as other witnesses; but the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying, except for perjury in giving such testimony; and the fact that he testified thereof shall be a bar to any prosecution against him for such transaction.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 9(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 55; 1871, § 2535; 1880, § 2751; 1892, § 1430; 1906, § 1503; Hemingway's 1917, § 1261; 1930, § 1284; 1942, § 2527.