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§§ 6935-6941

§ 6935. Bribes to judges, jurors, referees, etc. Every person who gives or offers to give a bribe to any judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor, or to any person who may be authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy, with intent to influence his vote, opinion or decision upon any matter or question which is or may be brought before him for decision is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both.

§ 6936. Judicial officers receiving bribes. Every judicial officer of this state who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion or decision upon any matter or question which is or may be brought before him for decision, shall be thereby influenced, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both: and in addition thereto forfeits his office and is forever disqualified from holding any public office under this state.

§ 6937. Jurors, referees and others receiving bribes. Every juror, referee, arbitrator, umpire or assessor, and every person authorized by law to hear or determine any question or controversy, who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion or decision upon any matter or question which is or may be brought before him for decision, shall be thereby influenced, is guilty of felony.

§ 6938. Misconduct by jurors and others. Every juror or person drawn or summoned as a juror or chosen arbitrator or umpire, or appointed referee, who, either:

1. Makes any promise or agreement to give a verdict for or against any party; or,

2. Willfully permits any communication to be made to him or receives any book, paper, instrument or information relative to any cause pending before him, except according to the regular course of proceeding upon the trial of such cause, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6939. Judicial officers accepting gifts. Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator or umpire, who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in interest or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 6940. Gift defined. The word "gift," in the foregoing section shall not be taken to include property received by inheritance, by will or by gift in view of death.

§ 6941. Attempts to influence jurors and others. 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 pendling. or about to be brought before him, either: