Mississippi Code § 97-7-67

Treason; punishment
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If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 236; 1871, § 2688; 1880, § 2965; 1892, § 1313; 1906, § 1387; Hemingway's 1917, § 1130; 1930, § 1160; 1942, § 2397; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 8, eff. 4/13/1977.
If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 236; 1871, § 2688; 1880, § 2965; 1892, § 1313; 1906, § 1387; Hemingway's 1917, § 1130; 1930, § 1160; 1942, § 2397; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 8, eff. 4/13/1977.
If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 236; 1871, § 2688; 1880, § 2965; 1892, § 1313; 1906, § 1387; Hemingway's 1917, § 1130; 1930, § 1160; 1942, § 2397; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 8, eff. 4/13/1977.
If any person shall levy war against this state, or adhere to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort, he shall be guilty of treason, and, shall, upon conviction, suffer death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (2); 1857, ch. 64, art. 236; 1871, § 2688; 1880, § 2965; 1892, § 1313; 1906, § 1387; Hemingway's 1917, § 1130; 1930, § 1160; 1942, § 2397; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 8, eff. 4/13/1977.

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