Any person or persons who shall oppose the seizure of any such moneys or appliances by any officer or person so authorized to make it, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of fifteen hundred dollars; and any person who shall take any part of said money, after the said seizure shall be declared, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-33-19
Gambling; money and appliances forfeited; penalty for resisting seizure
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Enlow v. Tishomingo County (1992)
Most recently applied in Enlow v. Tishomingo County (June 1992)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 3(10); 1857, ch. 64, art. 140; 1871, § 2604; 1880, § 2850; 1892, § 1128; 1906, § 1210; Hemingway’s 1917, § 940; 1930, § 967; 1942, § 2197.
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