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 Ann. § 97-9-57
Officer not to converse with juror; penalty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 439 So. 2d 675 - Leflore v. State (1983)
Most recently applied in 439 So. 2d 675 - Leflore v. State (September 1983)
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.
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