Mississippi Code § 47-1-61

Penalty for failure to discharge convict
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Any sheriff or other person having lawful custody of any convict who shall fail to discharge such convict when he shall have served the full time of his sentence and fully paid his fine and the costs charged against him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. Codes, 1892, § 807; 1906, § 863; Hemingway's 1917, § 4028; 1930, § 4078; 1942, § 7919; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.
Any sheriff or other person having lawful custody of any convict who shall fail to discharge such convict when he shall have served the full time of his sentence and fully paid his fine and the costs charged against him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. Codes, 1892, § 807; 1906, § 863; Hemingway's 1917, § 4028; 1930, § 4078; 1942, § 7919; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.
Any sheriff or other person having lawful custody of any convict who shall fail to discharge such convict when he shall have served the full time of his sentence and fully paid his fine and the costs charged against him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. Codes, 1892, § 807; 1906, § 863; Hemingway's 1917, § 4028; 1930, § 4078; 1942, § 7919; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.
Any sheriff or other person having lawful custody of any convict who shall fail to discharge such convict when he shall have served the full time of his sentence and fully paid his fine and the costs charged against him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly.
Codes, 1892, § 807; 1906, § 863; Hemingway's 1917, § 4028; 1930, § 4078; 1942, § 7919; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.

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