Mississippi § 11-43-25 - When person detaining another guilty of crime.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-43-25 — When person detaining another guilty of crime., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-43-25. When person detaining another guilty of crime.
Whenever the judge or chancellor, on issuing a writ of habeas corpus, shall be satisfied, by affidavit or otherwise, that the person unlawfully depriving another of his liberty has committed a crime in connection with such unlawful act, he may embody in the writ a warrant for the arrest of such person and have him brought up for examination at the hearing of the habeas corpus; and being satisfied, on the trial and examination, of the guilt of such person, the judge or chancellor shall commit him, or order his release on bail, to appear before the proper court to answer the charge.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-43-25 ("When person detaining another guilty of crime.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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