s. 170, Pen. C.
§ 6370. Every person who wilfully prevents or dissuades any person who has been duly summoned or subpænaed as a witness from attending, pursuant to the command of the summons or subpoena, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Bribing a witness.s. 171, Pen. C.
§ 6371. Every person who gives or offers, or promises to give, to any witness or person about to be called as a witness, any bribe, upon any understanding or agreement that the testimony of such witness shall be thereby influenced, or who attempts by any other means fraudulently to induce any witness to give false testimony, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
CHAPTER 14.
OTHER OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE.
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Section. 6372. Injury to records-Embezzlement by officer. 6373. Permitting escapes. 6374. Refusing to receive prisoners. 6375. Delaying to take prisoners before magistrate. 6376. Arrest without lawful authority, 6377. Misconduct in executing search warrant. 6378. Refusing to aid officer. 6379. Refusing to make arrest. 6380. Resisting execution of process. 6381. Obstructing officers in performance of duty. 6382. Extrajudicial oaths. 6383. Administering same. 6384. Compounding crimes. 6385. Compounding prosecution. 6386. Attempt to intimidate officers. 6387. Suppressing evidence. 6388. Buying lands in suit. 6389. Buying pretended titles. 6390. Mortgage when not prohibited. 6391. Common barratry defined. 6392. Same a misdemeanor. 6393. Proof required. 6394. Interest of accused no defense. 6395. Buying demands for suit by attorney. 6396. Same by justice or constable. 6397. Loans on claims for collection. 6398. Forfeiture of office. |
Section. 6399. Receiving claims in payment of debt. 6400. Application of preceding section. 6401. Privilege of witnesses. 6402. Criminal contempts. 6403. Application to stay trial. 6404. Grand juror acting after challenge allowed. 6405. Disclosure of depositions. 6406. Disclosure of depositions returned by grand jury. 6407. Fraudulent concealment of property. 6408. Racing near a court. 6409. Selling liquor in court house, etc. 6110. Misconduct by attorneys. 6411. Attorney permitting other person to use his name. 6412. When such use is lawful. 6413. Fraudulent production of infant. 6414. Substituting child. 6415. Importing convicts. 6416. Omission of duty by officer. 6417. Prohibited act. 6418. Disclosing indictment. 6419. Disclosing proceedings of grand jury. 6420. Prosecuting suit or bringing action in false name. 6421. Maliciously procuring search. 6422. Communicating with convict. 6423. Neglect to canvass election returns. 6424. False certificate. |
s. 172, Pen. C.
§ 6372. Every sheriff, coroner, clerk of a court, constable or other ministerial officer, and every deputy or subordinate of any ministerial officer, who either:
1. Mutilates, destroys, conceals, erases, obliterates or falsifies any record or paper appertaining to his office; or,
2. Fraudulently appropriates to his own use or to the use of another person, or secretes with intent to appropriate to such use, any money, evidence of debt or other property entrusted to him in virtue of his office,
Is guilty of felony.
Permitting escapes.s. 173, Pen. C.
§ 6373. Every sheriff, coroner, clerk of a court, constable, or other ministerial officer, and every deputy or subordinate of any ministerial officer, who either:
1. Allows any person lawfully held by him in custody to escape or go at large, except as may be permitted by law; or,
2. Receives any gratuity or reward, or any security or promise of one, to procure, assist, connive at or permit any prisoner in his custody to escape, whether such escape is attempted or not; or,
3. Commits any unlawful act tending to hinder justice,
Is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Refusing to receive prisoner.s. 174, Pen. C. § 6374. Every officer who, in violation of a duty imposed upon him by law as such officer to receive into his custody any
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