Every offense not provided for by the statutes of this state shall be indictable as heretofore at common law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-1-3
Common-law offenses recognized
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 672 So. 2d 744 - Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State (1996)
Most recently applied in 672 So. 2d 744 - Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State (April 1996)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(48); 1857, ch. 64, art. 355; 1871, § 2862; 1880, § 3097; 1892, § 1452; 1906, § 1525; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1287; 1930, § 1312; 1942, § 2560.
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