99-29-13 - Circuit court shall have concurrent jurisdiction; duty of judge to charge grand jury.
§ 99-29-13. Circuit court shall have concurrent jurisdiction; duty of judge to charge grand jury.
The circuit court shall have concurrent jurisdiction to try all cases arising under Sections 97-35-37 through 97-35-43 and this chapter, and to impose the same fines and penalties, and to require the giving of bonds as required. Prosecutions may be begun by indictment of the grand jury; and it shall be the duty of each circuit judge to charge each grand jury especially with reference to Sections 97-35-37 through 97-35-43 and this chapter.
Sources: Codes, 1906, § 5063; Hemingway's 1917, § 3340; 1930, § 3480; 1942, § 2674.