SEC. 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.
SOURCES: Codes, 1880, Sec. 3079; 1892, Sec. 1427; 1906, Sec. 1500; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1258; 1930, Sec. 1281; 1942, Sec. 2524.