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56 not be taken to include propery received by inheritance, by will or by gift in view of death.

Sec. 131. Every person who attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen an 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;

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

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

3. By means of any threat or intimidation;

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

5. By publishing any statement, argument, or observation relating to the cause,

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 132. Every person authorized by law to assist at the drawing of any jurors to attend any court, who willfully puts or consents to the putting upon any list of jurors as having been drawn, any name which shall not have been drawn for that purpose in the manner prescribed by law; or, who omits to place on such list any name that shall have been drawn in the manner prescribed by law; or, who signs or certifies any list of jurors as having been drawn which was not drawn according to law; or, who is guilty of any other unfair, partial, or improper conduct in the drawing of any such list of jurors, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Sec. 133. Every officer to whose charge any juror is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or willfully permits them, or any one of them, either:

1. To receive any communication from any person;

2. To make any communication to any person;

3. To obtain or receive any book or paper, or refreshment; or,