97-9-57 - Officer not to converse with juror; penalty.
§ 97-9-57. Officer not to converse with juror; penalty.
The sheriff, bailiff, or other officer, shall not be in the room or converse with a juror after the jury has retired from the bar, save by order of the court. A violation of this section shall subject the offender to a fine of fifty dollars and one week's imprisonment for a contempt.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 1(137); 1857, ch. 61, art. 156; 1871, § 638; 1880, § 1711; 1892, § 729; 1906, § 790; Hemingway's 1917, § 574; 1930, § 583; 1942, § 1527.