Section 99-17-11 - Only two counsel to a side heard

Only two counsel for the state, one of whom shall be the district attorney, and two for the defendant, shall be heard in criminal cases, unless the court, for special reason, in its discretion, see fit to relax this rule.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 302; 1871, § 2806; 1880, § 3077; 1892, § 1424; 1906, § 1497; Hemingway's 1917, § 1255; 1930, § 1278; 1942, § 2521.