The criminal jurisdiction of the State of Mississippi is hereby extended as follows: Beginning at a point on the Mississippi River where the northern boundary line of the State of Mississippi intersects the thread, or middle of the stream of said river, and extending due west along a line parallel with, and in extension of the northern boundary line of the State of Mississippi to the west bank of said river, thence south along said bank and following the meandering thereof to the southern boundary line of the State of Arkansas, thence east to the thread, or middle of the stream of said river.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 11 - Jurisdiction and Venue
§ 99-11-1. Jurisdiction of crimes generally
§ 99-11-5. Extent of criminal jurisdiction of State of Mississippi
§ 99-11-7. Concurrent jurisdiction with Arkansas
§ 99-11-9. Jurisdiction of paternity proceedings
§ 99-11-15. Offenses commenced out of and consummated in state
§ 99-11-17. Offenses commenced in and consummated out of state
§ 99-11-19. Offenses committed partly in one county and partly in another
§ 99-11-21. Occurrence in one jurisdiction causing death in another
§ 99-11-23. Stolen property carried into state or carried from one county to another
§ 99-11-27. Former acquittal or conviction in another jurisdiction
§ 99-11-29. Acquittal for variance between indictment and proof or on exception to form