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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 13 - EVIDENCE, PROCESS AND JURIES
Chapter 5 - JURIES
Section 13-5-55 - Grand jury to inspect jail; sheriff punishable

Miss. Code § 13-5-55

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Section 13-5-55 - Grand jury to inspect jail; sheriff punishable

Each grand jury which is impaneled shall make a personal inspection of the county jail, its condition, sufficiency for the safekeeping of prisoners, and their accommodation and health, and make reports thereof to the court. For any violation or neglect of duty as to the jail, the sheriff may be punished as for a misdemeanor, or may be fined as for a contempt, such not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00).

Miss. Code § 13-5-55

Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 251; 1871, § 2844; 1880, § 1673; 1892, § 2378; 1906, § 2707; Hemingway's 1917, § 2200; 1930, § 2053; 1942, § 1787; Laws, 1983, ch. 499, § 20.