99-7-15 - Authority to inspect indictment limited to certain officers until arrest made.
§ 99-7-15. Authority to inspect indictment limited to certain officers until arrest made.
An indictment returned into the clerk of the circuit court, shall not be inspected by any person but the judge, clerk, district attorney, and sheriff, until the defendant shall have been arrested or has entered into bail or recognizance for the offense.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 259; 1871, § 2796; 1880, § 3007; 1892, § 1348; 1906, § 1420; Hemingway's 1917, § 1176; 1930, § 1200; 1942, § 2443; Laws, 1991, ch. 421, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1991.