§ 21-388. Attempts to influence jurors.  


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  • Every person who attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen as arbitrator or appointed a referee, in respect to his verdict, or decision of any cause or matter pending, or about to be brought before him, either:

    1st,  By means of any communication oral or written had with him, except in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial of the cause;

    2nd,  By means of any book, paper, or instrument, exhibited otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings, upon the trial of the cause;

    3rd,  By means of any threat or intimidation;

    4th,  By means of any assurance or promise of any pecuniary or other advantage; or,

    5th,  By publishing any statement, argument or observation relating to the cause, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

R.L.1910, § 2190.