Cattle rustlers must be genuinely terrified in Mississippi. According to a very old law, they face the death penalty! It’s not any easier for vagrants either, who face either 30 days in jail or a $201 fine.
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11 Dumb Mississippi Laws
- The penalty for cattle rustling is death by hanging.
- It is illegal to tether a horse within 15 ft of a road.
- Brandon: Blocking a pedestrian with a motor home is prohibited.
- Temperance: Walking a dog without a diaper is not allowed.
- Men are forbidden from displaying excitement in public.
- In Oxford, it is an offence to “make unnecessary noises”.
- Oxford: Circling the square more than a hundred times is forbidden.
- Oxford: Driving motor vehicles around the square is illegal.
- Oxford: The use of trumpets and horns are banned in the town as they are known to scare horses.
- Tylertown: Shaving in the middle of Main Street is not allowed.
- Vagrancy is punishable by 30 days in jail or a $201 fine.
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