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§§ 7037-7042 CHAPTER 15.

CONSPIRACY.

§ 7037. Criminal conspiracies defined. If two or more persons conspire, either:

1. To commit a crime; or,

2. Falsely and maliciously to indict another for a crime, or to procure another to be complained of or arrested for a crime; or,

3. Falsely to institute or maintain an action or special proceeding: or,

4. To cheat and defraud another out of property, by any means which are in themselves criminal or which, if executed, would amount to a cheat, or to obtain money or any other property by false pretenses; or,

5. To prevent another from exercising a lawful trade or calling or doing any other lawful act. by force, threats, intimidation, or by interfering or threatening to interfere with tools, implements or property belonging to or used by another, or with the use or employment thereof; or,

6. To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or of the due administration of the laws; each of them is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7038. Out of state, against peace of state. If two or more persons, being out of this state, conspire to commit any act against the peace of this state, the commission or attempted commission of which, within this state, would be treason against the state, they are punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one and not exceeding ten years.

§ 7039. Limitation. Peaceable assemblies. No conspiracy is punishable criminally unless it is one of those enumerated in the last two sections, and the orderly and peaceable assembling or cooperation of persons employed in any calling, trade or handicraft for the purpose of obtaining an advance in the rate of wages or compensation, or of maintaining such rate, is not a conspiracy.

§ 7040. Overt act necessary. Exceptions. No agreement except to commit a felony upon the person of another, or to commit Arson or burglary amounts to a conspiracy, unless some act besisle such agreement is done to effect the object thereof, by one or more of the parties to such agreement.

§ 7041. Hindering citizen to obtain employment. Every person, corporation, or agent thereof, who maliciously interferes or hinders, in any way, any citizen of this state from obtaining employment or enjoying employment already obtained, from any other person or corporation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ 7042. Black list. Punishment. Every corporation, officer, agent or employee thereof, and every person of any corporation on behalf of such corporation, who exchanges with or furnishes or delivers to any other corporation or any officer, agent, employee or person thereof, any black list," is guilty of a misdemeanor.