§ 10307. (Crim. Code, § 137.) Attempt to influence juror by writing; punishment for. Whoever shall attempt to influence the action or decision of any grand or petit juror of any court of the United States upon any issue or matter pending before such juror, or before the jury of which he is a member, or pertaining to his duties, by writing or sending to him any letter or any communication, in print or writing, in relation to such issue or matter, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. R. S. § 5405. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 137, 35 Stat. 1113. § 10308. (Crim. Code, § 138.) Allowing prisoner to escape. Whenever any marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person has in his custody any prisoner by virtue of process. issued under the laws of the United States by any court, judge, or commissioner, and such marshal, deputy marshal, ministerial officer, or other person voluntarily suffers such prisoner to escape, he shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. R. S. § 5409. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 138, 35 Stat. 1113. § 10309. (Crim. Code, § 139.) Application of provisions. The preceding section shall be construed to apply not only to cases in which the prisoner who escaped was charged or found guilty of an offense against the laws of the United States, and to cases in which the prisoner may be in custody charged with offenses against any foreign government with which the United States have treaties of extradition, but also to cases in which the prisoner may be held in custody for removal to or from the Philippine Islands as provided by law. R. S. § 5410. Act Feb. 6, 1905, c. 454, § 2, 33 Stat. 698. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 139, 35 Stat. 1113. § 10310. (Crim. Code, § 140.) Obstructing process or assaulting officer; punishment for. Whoever shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, resist, or oppose any officer of the United States, or other person duly authorized, in serving, or attempting to serve or execute, any mesne process or warrant, or any rule or order, or any other legal or judicial writ or process of any court of the United States, or United States commissioner, or shall assault, beat, or wound any officer or other person duly authorized, knowing him to be such officer, or other person so duly authorized, in serving or executing any such writ, rule, order, process, warrant, or other legal or judicial writ or process, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. R. S. § 5398. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 140, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10311. (Crim. Code, § 141.) Rescuing, etc., prisoner; concealing person from arrest; punishment for. Whoever shall rescue or attempt to rescue, from the custody of any officer or person lawfully assisting him, any person arrested upon a warrant or other process issued under the provisions of any law of the United States, or shall, directly or indirectly, aid, abet, or assist any person so arrested to escape from the custody of such officer or other person, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process has been so issued, so as to prevent his discovery and arrest, after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant or process has been issued for the apprehension of such person, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. R. S. 88 5401, 5516. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 141, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10312. (Crim. Code, § 142.) Rescue at execution; punishment for. Whoever, by force, shall set at liberty or rescue any person found guilty in any court of the United States of any capital crime, while going to execution or during execution, shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than twenty-five years. R. S. § 5400. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 142, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10313. (Crim. Code,. § 143.) Rescue of prisoner; punishment for. Whoever, by force, shall set at liberty or rescue any person who, before conviction, stands committed for any capital crime; or whoever, by force, shall set at liberty or rescue any person committed for or convicted of any offense other than capital, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than one year. R. S. § 5401. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 143, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10314. (Crim. Code, § 144.) Rescue of dead body of executed offender; punishment for. Whoever, by force, shall rescue or attempt to rescue, from the custody of any marshal or his officers, the dead body of an executed offender, while it is being conveyed to a place of dissection, as provided by section three hundred and thirty-one hereof, or by force shall rescue or attempt to rescue such body from the place where it has been deposited for dissection in pursuance of that section, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. R. S. § 5402. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 144, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10315. (Crim. Code, § 145.) Extortion by informer; punishment for. Whoever shall, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demand or receive any money or other valuable thing, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. R. S. § 5484. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 145, 35 Stat. 1114. § 10316. (Crim. Code, § 146.) Misprision of felony; punishment for. Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of the crime of murder or other felony cognizable by the courts of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as may be disclose and make known the same to some one of the judges or other persons in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. R. S. & 5390. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 146, 35 Stat. 1114. Sec. CHAPTER SEVEN Offenses against the Currency, Coinage, etc. 10317. "Obligation or other security of 10318. Forging or counterfeiting secu- tive paper without authority; 10321. Uttering, etc., forged obliga- 10322. Taking impressions of tools, implements, etc.; punishment for. 10323. Having unlawful possession of 10325. Secreting or embezzling tools and 10327. Uttering counterfeit foreign se- 10329. Uttering counterfeit notes of foreign banks; punishment for. 10330. Having in possession counterfeit foreign securities, etc.; punishment for. 10331. Having in possession, etc., counterfeit plates of foreign securities, etc.; punishment for. 10332. Connecting parts of different bills, etc.; punishment for. 10333. Counterfeiting gold or silver coins or bars; punishment for. Sec. 10334. Counterfeiting minor coins; pun- 10335. Falsifying, mutilating or light- for. 10338. Making or uttering devices of minor coins; punishment for. 10339. Counterfeiting, etc., dies for United States coins; punishment for. 10340. Counterfeiting, etc., dies for foreign coins; punishment for. 10341. Making, importing, or having in possession tokens, prints, etc., similar to United States or foreign coins. 10342. Forfeiture of counterfeit obligations, securities, coins, and material; punishment for failing to deliver. 10343. Issue of search warrant for suspected counterfeits, etc.; forfeiture of seized articles. 10344. Circulating bills of expired banks; punishment for; circulation permitted. 10345. Imitating national-bank notes 10346. Mutilating, etc., national-bank 10348. Issuing notes less than one dol- § 10317. (Crim. Code, § 147.) "Obligation or other security of the United States" defined. The words "obligation or other security of the United States" shall be held to mean all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, na tional-bank currency, coupons, United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn by or upon authorized officers of the United States, stamps and other representatives of value, of whatever denomination, which have been or may be issued. under any Act of Congress. R. S. § 5413, as amended, Act Feb. 18, 1875, c. 80, 18 Stat. 320; Act Feb. 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 253. Act Feb. 28, 1878, c. 20, § 3, 20 Stat. 26. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 147, 35 Stat. 1115. § 10318. (Crim. Code, § 148.) Forging or counterfeiting securities; punishment for. Whoever, with intent to defraud, shall falsely make, forge, counterfeit, or alter any obligation or other security of the United States shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than fifteen years. R. S. § 5414. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 148, 35 Stat. 1115. § 10319. (Crim. Code, § 149.) Counterfeiting national-bank notes; punishment for. Whoever shall falsely make, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be made, forged, or counterfeited, or shall willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting, any note in imitation of, or purporting to be in imitation of, the circulating notes issued by any banking association now or hereafter authorized and acting under the laws of the United States; or whoever shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish, any false, forged, or counterfeited note, purporting to be issued by any such association doing a banking business, knowing the same to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited; or whoever shall falsely alter, or cause or procure to be falsely altered, or shall willingly aid or assist in falsely altering, any such circulating notes, or shall pass, utter, or publish, or attempt to pass, utter, or publish as true, any falsely altered or spurious circulating note issued, or purporting to have been issued, by any such banking association, knowing the same to be falsely altered or spurious, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than fifteen years. R. S. § 5415. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 149, 35 Stat. 1115. § 10320. (Crim. Code, § 150.) Using plates to print notes without authority, etc.; distinctive paper without authority; punishment for. Whoever, having control, custody, or possession of any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, from which has been printed, or which may be prepared by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of printing, any obligation or other security of the United States, shall use such plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, or knowingly suffer the same to be used for the purpose of printing any such or similar obligation or other security, or any part thereof, except as may be printed for the use of the United States by order of the proper officer thereof; or whoever by any way, art, or means shall make or execute, or cause or pro cure to be made or executed, or shall assist in making or executing any plate, stone, or other thing in the likeness of any plate designated for the printing of such obligation or other security; or whoever shall sell any such plate, stone, or other thing, or bring into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, from any foreign place, any such plate, stone, or other thing, except under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, or with any other intent, in either case, than that such plate, stone, or other thing be used for the printing of the obligations or other securities of the United States; or whoever shall have in his control, custody, or possession any plate, stone, or other thing in any manner made after or in the similitude of any plate, stone, or other thing, from which any such obligation or other security has been printed, with intent to use such plate, stone, or other thing, or to suffer the same to be used in forging or counterfeiting any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof; or whoever shall have in his possession or custody, except under authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security made or executed, in whole or in part, after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same; or whoever shall print, photograph, or in any other manner make or execute, or cause to be printed, photographed, made, or executed, or shall aid in printing, photographing, making, or executing any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of any such obligation or other security, or any part thereof, or shall sell any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except to the United States, or shall bring into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, from any foreign place any such engraving, photograph, print, or impression, except by direction of some proper officer of the United States; or whoever shall have or retain in his control or possession, after a distinctive paper has been adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury for the obligations and other securities of the United States, any similar paper adapted to the making of any such obligation or other security, except under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury or some other proper officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both. R. S. § 5430. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 150, 35 Stat. 1116. § 10321. (Crim. Code, § 151.) Uttering, etc., forged obligations; punishment for. Whoever, with intent to defraud, shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or attempt to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or shall bring into the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, with intent to pass, publish, utter, or sell, or shall keep in possession or conceal with like intent, any falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than fifteen years. R. S. § 5431. Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, § 151, 35 Stat. 1116. |