Section 99-5-33 - Accused committed to prison if injured party is dangerously wounded

If a person be dangerously wounded the party accused shall be committed to prison until it be known whether the person wounded will recover or not, unless it appear to the court of inquiry that the case, in any event, would not amount to murder; in which case, or in the event that the person wounded do or will recover, the accused shall be dealt with as in other cases.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 283; 1871, § 2783; 1880, § 3036; 1892, § 1389; 1906, § 1461; Hemingway's 1917, § 1219; 1930, § 1241; 1942, § 2484.