Every person who shall be convicted of having administered, or having caused or procured to be administered, any poison to any human being with intent to kill such human being, whereof death shall not ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than ten years.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 97-3-1. Abduction for purposes of marriage
§ 97-3-3. Abortion; causing abortion or miscarriage
§ 97-3-5. Abortion; advertisement, sale or gift of drugs or instruments
§ 97-3-13. False confinement; sending sane person to psychiatric hospital or institution
§ 97-3-17. Homicide; excusable homicide
§ 97-3-23. Homicide; death following duels fought out of state
§ 97-3-27. Homicide; killing while committing felony
§ 97-3-29. Homicide; killing while committing a misdemeanor
§ 97-3-33. Killing trespasser involuntarily
§ 97-3-35. Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion
§ 97-3-39. Homicide; drunken doctor, etc., unintentionally causing death
§ 97-3-41. Homicide; overloading boat
§ 97-3-43. Homicide; ignorant or negligent management of steamboat or railroad engine
§ 97-3-45. Homicide; owner of dangerous animal
§ 97-3-47. Homicide; all other killings
§ 97-3-53. Kidnapping; punishment
§ 97-3-54. Human Trafficking Act; short title
§ 97-3-54.4. Human Trafficking Act; definitions
§ 97-3-54.5. Human Trafficking Act; use of undercover operative in detection of offense permitted
§ 97-3-57. Libel; truth as defense
§ 97-3-61. Poisoning with intent to kill or injure
§ 97-3-63. Poisoning with intent to kill; where death does not ensue
§ 97-3-69. Rape; "chaste character" presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient
§ 97-3-71. Rape; assault with intent to ravish
§ 97-3-73. Robbery; definition
§ 97-3-77. Robbery; threat to injure person or relative at another time
§ 97-3-79. Robbery; use of deadly weapon
§ 97-3-81. Robbery; threatening letter demanding money, property
§ 97-3-83. Robbery; bonds, bills, notes, etc., cotton receipts and railroad tickets
§ 97-3-85. Threats and intimidation; by letter or notice
§ 97-3-87. Threats and intimidation; whitecapping
§ 97-3-89. Timber, trees and saw logs; tampering with to injure or harass the owner prohibited
§ 97-3-91. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when injury occurs
§ 97-3-93. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results
§ 97-3-97. Sexual battery; definitions
§ 97-3-99. Sexual battery; defense
§ 97-3-103. Sexual battery; relationship with other criminal statutes