If any person shall wilfully and maliciously print, circulate or distribute, cause to be printed, circulated or distributed, or assist in printing, circulating or distributing, in any form whatever, any matter, the purpose and design of the contents thereof being to wilfully and maliciously interfere with, or prevent another from exercising a lawful trade or calling, or engaging in a lawful business, or engaging in lawful use and enjoyment of his property, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months in the county jail or be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or both.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-23-33
Interference with exercise of lawful trade or calling by printing or distributing of matter, etc
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sheffield v. State (2003)
Most recently applied in Sheffield v. State (October 2003)
Codes, 1942, § 2236.5; Laws, 1964, ch. 344, eff from and after passage (approved March 3, 1964
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