Any person may arrest a tramp and take him before a justice of the peace, who shall at once take the affidavit of such person charging the offense, and shall then try the accused for being a tramp, and deal with him accordingly, if found guilty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-3-27
Tramps; arrest by any person; proceedings
Codes, 1880, § 2962; 1892, § 1311; 1906, § 1385; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1128; 1930, § 1158; 1942, § 2395.
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