Section 99-1-3 - Common-law offenses recognized

Every offense not provided for by the statutes of this state shall be indictable as heretofore at common law.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 1(48); 1857, ch. 64, art. 355; 1871, § 2862; 1880, § 3097; 1892, § 1452; 1906, § 1525; Hemingway's 1917, § 1287; 1930, § 1312; 1942, § 2560.