State v. Williams

Citations

• 72 Miss. 992

Syllabus

<p>Catcrying- Conceamoi) Wkapons. United States mtmihal. Code 1893, <í 1027.</p> <p>Act of congress of July 39, 1861, Rev. títat. U. S.. $ 788, in providing' that “marshals and their deputies shall have, in each state, the same powers in executing- the laws of the United States as the sheriffs and their deputies in such state may have hy law in executing- the laws thereof, ” did not confer merely such power as was then hy law possessed hy sheriffs, hut such as the respective states might from time to time confer. Hence, a deputy marshal, while executing- criminal process in this state, and in his district, may lawfully carry a concealed weapon,' this being permitted to the state's peace officers and their deputies by ? 1027, code 1892.</p>