As Amended
SEC. 99-13-5. Disposition of accused when grand jury finds him to be insane or feeble-minded.
When any person is held in prison, or on bail, charged with an offense, and the grand jury shall not find a true bill for reason of insanity of the accused, or for reason of feeble-mindedness of the accused, which they judge to be such that he or she was not responsible for his acts or omissions at the time when the act or omission charged was committed or made, the grand jury shall certify the fact to the circuit court, and shall state whether or not such insane or feeble-minded person is a danger to the security of persons and property, and the peace and safety of the community, and if the grand jury report such insanity or feeble-mindedness, and such danger, the court shall forthwith give notice of the case to the chancellor, or to the clerk of the chancery court, whose duty it shall be to proceed with such insane person and his estate, or such feeble-minded person, according to the law provided in the case of persons of unsound mind or feeble-minded persons.
SOURCES: Codes, 1871, Sec. 2878; 1880, Sec. 3140; 1892, Sec. 1467; 1906, Sec. 1539; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1301; Hemingway's 1921 Supp, Sec. 5728x; 1930, Secs. 1326, 7287; 1942, Secs. 2574, 6777; Laws, 1920, ch. 210.