After an indictment is returned into court by the grand jury, the court may direct any defendant who has not been arrested to be taken into custody in the presence of the court, without process therefor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-3-9
Arrest of defendants in presence of court without process
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 261; 1871, § 2798; 1880, § 3009; 1892, § 1350; 1906, § 1422; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1178; 1930, § 1202; 1942, § 2445.
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