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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

In criminal law. The offence of attempting to influence a jury corruptly to one side, by promises, persuasions, entreaties, money, entertainments, and the like.

1 Hawk. P. C. 259.

4 Chitty's Bl. Com. 140, and note.

4 Steph. Com. 253.

Punished in England by fine and imprisonment. Id. ibid.

See Lewis' U. S. Crim. Law, 241.