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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-99 > 7 > 99-7-19§ 99-7-19. Dilatory pleas; amendment of indictment or information.
An indictment or information shall not be abated by reason of any misnomer or dilatory plea; but in such case the court shall forthwith cause the same to be amended according to the proof, and proceed as though such plea had not been pleaded; and an indictment shall not be held insufficient for want of, or imperfection in, the addition of any defendant.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 267; 1871, § 2804; 1880, § 3011; 1892, § 1353; 1906, § 1425; Hemingway's 1917, § 1181; 1930, § 1205; 1942, § 2448.
