Persons jointly indicted for misdemeanors may be tried jointly or separately, in the discretion of the court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-49
Joint indictments; severance in misdemeanors
Codes, 1880, § 3069; 1892, § 1418; 1906, § 1491; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1249; 1930, § 1272; 1942, § 2515.
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