§ 99-25-17. Search warrant and capias

MS Code § 99-25-17 (2019) (N/A)
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“The State of Mississippi.

“To any lawful officer of ____ County:

“Oath having been made before the undersigned, a justice of the peace of said county, that a box of candles and a case of brogan shoes, the property of Edward Nolly, on or about the ____ day of ____ 1906, in said county, were feloniously taken, stolen, and carried away and that suspicion rests on Samuel Miller as guilty of said crime, and affiant has reason to believe and does believe that the said stolen articles, or some of them, are concealed in or about the dwelling house, or outhouses connected therewith, of the said Samuel Miller, in said county:

“We command you, with the necessary assistance, to enter into the said dwelling house of Samuel Miller, and the outhouses connected therewith, and there diligently search for the said goods and chattels; and if the same, or any part thereof, be found, that you bring them, and also the body of said Samuel Miller, forthwith before the undersigned, or some other justice of the peace, to be disposed of according to law.

“Witness my hand, the ____ day of ____ , 1906.

“Andrew Sims, J.P.”