It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to which the mandate of the supreme court for the execution of a prisoner punishable by death is sent, forthwith to deliver to the sheriff of the proper county a copy of the sentence, under the seal of his office, which shall be the warrant of the sheriff for executing the convict.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-35-137
Copy of death sentence to be delivered to sheriff
Codes, 1880, § 1435; 1892, § 4372; 1906, § 4938; Hemingway’s 1917, § 3214; 1930, § 3397; 1942, § 1981.
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