Every person who shall knowingly send or deliver, or shall make, and, for the purpose of being sent or delivered, shall part with the possession of any letter or writing with or without a name subscribed thereto, or signed with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark, or other designation, threatening therein to accuse any person of a crime or to do any injury to the person or property of any one, with a view or intent to extort or gain money or property of any description belonging to another, shall be guilty of an attempt to rob, and shall, on conviction be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five 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