99-27-35 - Venue of prosecutions for unlawful shipment. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 99-27-35. Venue of prosecutions for unlawful shipment.
 

In all prosecutions under Chapter 31 of Title 97, Mississippi Code of 1972 and this chapter for unlawful shipments of liquors, bitters, or drinks prohibited by the laws of the state to be sold, bartered or otherwise disposed of in this state, the offense shall be held to have been committed in any county of the state through which or into which said liquors have been carried or transported, or in which they have been unloaded, or in which they have been delivered, or conveyed for delivery; and this applies whether the said liquors, bitters and drinks are shipped into the state from outside of the state, or shipped or transported from one point in the state to any other point in the state. The circuit court held in the county from which, through which, or to which such shipments are made, or in which delivery of any such shipment is made, shall have jurisdiction for the trial of such violations of the chapters and the grand jury of such counties shall be vested with inquisitorial powers over violations of the chapters. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 2163l; 1930, § 2011; 1942, § 2650; Laws,  1918, ch. 189.