Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-33-19 (2024)
Gambling; money and appliances forfeited; penalty for resisting seizure
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Any person or persons who shall oppose the seizure of any such moneys or appliances by any officer or person so authorized to make it, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of fifteen hundred dollars; and any person who shall take any part of said money, after the said seizure shall be declared, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined and imprisoned, at the discretion of the court.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 3(10); 1857, ch. 64, art. 140; 1871, § 2604; 1880, § 2850; 1892, § 1128; 1906, § 1210; Hemingway's 1917, § 940; 1930, § 967; 1942, § 2197.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1992–1995 · leading case: Harold Wayne Enlow v. Tishomingo Cnty., 962 F.2d 501 (5th Cir. 1992).
Harold Wayne Enlow v. Tishomingo Cnty., 962 F.2d 501 (5th Cir. 1992). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-33-19 (1972). 7 .Enlow’s deposition describes the arrest as follows: [The Sheriff] shook his finger in my face and said I told you, damn it, to stay out of this, you’re under arrest for interfering with a raid.”
Enlow v. Tishomingo Cnty., 45 F.3d 885 (5th Cir. 1995). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-33-19. . The bond fee statute, at the time of Enlow's arrest, read as follows: Upon every defendant charged with a criminal offense who posts a cash bail bond, a surety bail bond or property bail bond conditioned for his appearance at trial, there is hereby…”
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