Section 99-19-7 - Verdict as to some, disagreement as to other defendants

On the trial of two or more persons jointly indicted, the jury may render a verdict of guilty or not guilty as to some and disagree and be discharged as to others, without a verdict, if they cannot agree as to all; and the case of those as to whom a verdict was not found shall stand as if it had not been submitted to a jury, and shall be tried accordingly before another jury.Codes, 1880, § 3079; 1892, § 1427; 1906, § 1500; Hemingway's 1917, § 1258; 1930, § 1281; 1942, § 2524.