When said mayor or justice shall be ready to take the testimony of a witness or witnesses so summoned he may do so on private examination or in public, or he may admit such persons as he may deem advisable, but all the testimony so taken shall be in writing and subscribed to under oath administered by said justice, and any witness swearing falsely shall be guilty of and punished for perjury. The testimony so taken shall be filed with the circuit clerk of the county on or before the first day of the circuit court thereafter, and by such clerk delivered to the foreman of the grand jury.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 27 - Proceedings for Intoxicating Beverage Offenses
§ 99-27-1. Petition to subpoena witnesses having knowledge of violations
§ 99-27-3. Taking testimony and filing for delivery to grand jury
§ 99-27-5. Grand jury not prevented from making investigation
§ 99-27-7. Duty of mayor or justice of the peace to issue warrant for offender
§ 99-27-9. Statement not limited to proof of single violation at trial
§ 99-27-13. Owner may interpose claim to seized property; jurisdiction and procedure
§ 99-27-15. Affidavit for search warrant; contents of warrant; service and return
§ 99-27-17. Affidavit for search warrant; form
§ 99-27-19. Search warrant; form
§ 99-27-21. Search of motor vehicles, etc. and seizure of liquor without warrant
§ 99-27-23. Clubs, boats, places where liquor found may be abated as nuisance
§ 99-27-25. Club to forfeit charter; boat may be sold
§ 99-27-27. Common carriers, etc., required to produce books for examination
§ 99-27-35. Venue of prosecutions for unlawful shipment
§ 99-27-39. Payment by liquor dealers of penalty to state, county, or municipality
§ 99-27-41. Concurrent jurisdiction given chancery courts for enforcing § 99-27-39
§ 99-27-43. Justices of the peace not to suspend sentences
§ 99-27-45. Witnesses compelled to testify; disclosure not to be used against witness