1030. Bribing Jurors, Referees, Etc.-Any 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 or agreement of parties interested 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 exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both. (2185 R. L. 1910)

1031. Receiving Bribes by Jurors, Referees, Etc.-Any 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. (2186 R. L. 1910)

1032. Misconduct of Jurors-Any juror or person drawn or summoned as a juror, or chosen arbitrator or umpire, or appointed referee, who either:

First: Makes any promise or agreement to give a verdict for or against any party; or,

Second: Wilfully 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. (2187 R. L. 1910)

1033. Accepting Gifts-Any 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. (2188 R. L. 1910)

1034. Gifts 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. (2189 R. L. 1910)

1035. Attempts to Influence Jurors-Any person who attempts to influence a juror, or any person summoned or drawn as a juror, or chosen as 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:

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

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

Third: By means of any threat or intimidation;

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

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

Is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2190 R. L. 1910.)

1036. Drawing Jurors Fraudulently-Any person authorized by law to assist at the drawing of any jurors to attend any court, who wilfully 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 misde(2191 R. L. 1910)

meanor.

1037. Misconduct by Officer in Charge of Jury-Any officer to whose charge any juror is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or wilfully permits them, or any of them, either:

First. To receive any communication from any person; Second. To make any communication to any person; Third. To obtain or receive any book or paper, or refreshment; or,

Fourth. To leave the jury room without the leave of such court or magistrate first obtained

Is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2192 R. L. 1910)

1038. Party Confessing Not to Be Punished-In all cases wherein the offering, giving or receiving of bribes is made criminal by the provisions of the penal code, the party to such crime who shall first furnish information in relation thereto as against the other parties, and in any prosecution therefor, shall testify to the same truthfully and fully, shall not thereafter be criminally liable therefor, but in such case no conviction shall be had on the uncorroborated testimony of one such witness. (2193 R. L. 1910)

1039. Bucket Shop Defined-A bucket shop within the meaning of this article is any place wherein dealing in futures is carried on contrary to any of the provisions of this article. (2485 R. L. 1910)

1040. Futures Defined-By each of the expressions "futures," "dealing in futures" and "future contracts" as these terms are used in this article, is meant:

First: A sale or purchase, or contract to sell, or any offer to sell or purchase any cotton, grain, meat, lard, or any stocks or bonds of any corporation, to be delivered in the future when it was not the bona fide intention of the party being prosecuted under this article, at the time that such sale, contract, purchase, or offer to sell or purchase was made, that the thing mentioned in such transaction should be delivered and paid for as specified in such transaction.

Second: Any such sale, purchase, offer or contract where it was the intention of the party being prosecuted hereunder at the time of making such contract or offer, that the same should, or, at the option of either party, might be settled by paying or receiving a margin or profit on such contract.

Third: Any purchase, sale, or offer of sale or purchase, or contract for future delivery of any of the things mentioned in this section, on, by, or through any exchange or board of trade, the rules, by-laws, customs or regulations of which permit such contract or transactions to be settled or closed by delivery or tender of any grade or grades of the thing mentioned in such contract or transaction other than the grade upon which the price is based in said transactions at any price other than the actual price for spot delivery of such other grade or grades at the time and place of the delivery or tender. (2486 R. L. 1910)

1041. Penalty-If any person shall, either directly or indirectly, carry on or conduct or be in any wise interested in carrying on or conducting any bucket shop, he shall be punished by two years' confinement in the penitentiary. (2487 R. L. 1910)

1042. Rent or Lease of Property For-If any owner or person in the management of or control of any property shall knowingly rent or lease the same, to be used as a bucket shop, or shall knowingly permit the same to be used, he shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, and may, in addition thereto, be confined in the county jail not less than one nor more than six months. (2488 R. L. 1910)

1043. Agent or Broker-If any person shall act or offer to act as the agent or broker of any person in making or offering to make any future contract contrary to the second section of this article, he shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, and shall be confined in the county jail not less than one nor more than six months. (2489 R. L. 1910)

1044. Future Contract-Defense-If any person shall make or offer to make for himself any future contract he shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and may be confined in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days; provided, it may be shown in defense of any prosecution under this section that the transaction out of which such prosecution arose was a hedging contract between parties in this State and a party or parties without this State, and if such contract was made in whole or in part by any message sent by telegraph or telephone, that such message was delivered to the telegraph or telephone company sending the same by the defendant himself, and not through or by any broker or agent, and that such company rendering such service was a common carrier, exclusively so engaged, with no direct or indirect connection with or interest in such transaction other than the transmission of such messages and receiving the charges therefor which are not in excess of the usual rate for commission messages between the points of transmission and receipt of such message. (2490 R. L. 1910)

1045. Telegraph or Telephone Companies Allowing Use of Wire-If any telegraph or telephone company, or any agent thereof, shall knowingly permit any telegraph or telephone wire or instrument to remain in any bucket shop, or shall

knowingly permit any of the wires, instruments or equipments of such telegraph or telephone companies to be used by any person engaged in any business rendered unlawful by this article, whether or not the same be leased by the person or persons so illegally using the same, such company or agent shall be fined not less than one hundred and not more than one thousand dollars, and each day that this section is violated shall constitute a separate offense. (2491 R. L. 1910.)

1046. Future Delivery-Prima Facie Case for State-In any prosecution under this article, in which it shall be a material issue as to whether or not in the offer to or contract to sell or purchase for future delivery anything mentioned in this article, it was the intention of the defendant that such thing should be delivered and paid for in accordance with the terms of such offer or contract, proof, by the State that such contract was for the future delivery of such thing shall constitute a prima facie case for the State on this issue, and the burden shall be upon the defendant to prove that the thing so contracted for, or offered to be contracted for, was in fact delivered in accordance with the terms of such contract, or that it was the bona fide intention of the defendant at the time of making such contract that such thing should be so delivered, and the court trying the case shall charge the jury. (2492 R. L. 1910.)

SO

1047. Rules of Board of Trade-If in any prosecution under this article it shall be a material issue as to whether or not the rules, regulations, by-laws, or customs of any exchange or board of trade, on, by, or through which any contract or offer of future delivery was made, permitted such contract or transaction to be settled or closed by the delivery or tender of any grade or grades of the thing mentioned in such contract or transaction, other than the grade upon which the price was based in said transaction, at any price other than the actual price for spot delivery of such other grade or grades at the time and place of such delivery or tender, proof that the same was made or offered or pretended to be made by, through or upon any exchange or board of trade, shall constitute a prima facie case for the State. (2493 R. L. 1910.)

1048. No Exemption from Giving Testimony-No person shall be exempt from testifying as to any violation of the provisions of this article by reason of being himself guilty of such violation, but no person called by the State or a grand