etc., giving out advance Government officer, information respecting crop reports. SEC. 123. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or a person acting for or on behalf of the United States in any capacity under or by virtue of the authority of any Department or office thereof, and while holding such office, employment or position shall, by virtue of the office, employment, or position held by him, become possessed of any information which might exert an influence upon or affect the market value of any product of the soil grown within the United States, which information is by law or by the rules of the Department or office required to be withheld from publication until a fixed time, and shall willfully impart, directly or indirectly, such information, or any part thereof, to any person not entitled under the law or the rules of the Department or office to receive the same; or shall, before such information is made public through regular official channels, directly or indirectly speculate in any such product respecting which he has thus become possessed of such information, by buying or selling the same in any quantity, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both: Provided, That no person shall be deemed guilty of a violation of any such rule, unless prior to such alleged violation he shall have had actual knowledge thereof. etc., knowingly compiling or issuing false statistics Government officer, respecting crops. SEC. 124. Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States, and whose duties require the compilation or report of statistics or information relative to the products of the soil, shall knowingly compile for issuance, or issue, any false statistics or information as a report of the United States, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Perjury. R. S., 8. 5392. U. S. v. Passmore, 4 Dall., 392; U. S.. Sec. 136. Conspiring to intimidate party, witness, or juror. 137. Attempt to influence juror. 138. Allowing prisoner to escape. 139. Application of preceding section. 140. Obstructing process or assaulting an officer. 141. Rescuing, etc., prisoner; concealing, etc., person for whom warrant has issued. 142. Rescue at execution. 143. Rescue of prisoner. 144. Rescue of body of executed 145. Extortion by informer. SEC. 125. Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United Bailey, 9 Pet., 238; U: States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, S. v. Wood, 14 Pet., 430; U. S. v. Nickersen, 17 How., 204; U. S. . Cur tis, 107 U. S, 671; U. S. . Ambrose, 108 U. S., U. S. . Barber, 140 U. declaration, deposition, or certificate by him v. S., 177; Logan 2 U S. 144 U. S., 263, 302; U. Caha . U. S, 152 U. S., 211, 215, 220; New York Dunbar . U. S., 156 U. S., 185, 192; Todd . subscribed, is true, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state or subscribe any . Eno, 155 U. S., 89, 97; material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be fined Bucklin. U. S., 159 not more than two thousand dollars and imham v. U. S., 160 U. S. prisoned not more than five years. U. S., 158 U. S., 278, 284; U. S., 680, 682; Mark 319, 323; In re Pollock, 165 U. S., 526, 533; U. S. v. Atkins, 1 Sprague, 558, 24 Fed. Cas., 885; SEC. 126. Whoever shall procure another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and punishable as in the preceding section prescribed. U. S. . Donnee, 3 Woods, 39, 25 Fed. Cas., 817; U. S. . Wilcox, 4 Blatch., 393, 28 Fed. Cas., 600; U. S. . Evans, 19 Fed. Rep., 912; U. S. v. Thompson, 31 Fed. Stealing or altering bail, etc. R. S., s. 5394. Fed. Rep. 30; Barber U. S. . Crecilius, 34 886; 5 A. G. Op., 523. U. S., 35 Fed. Rep., SEC. 127. Whoever shall feloniously steal, process; procuring false take away, alter, falsify, or otherwise avoid any record, writ, process, or other proceeding, in any court of the United States, by means whereof any judgment is reversed, made void, or does not take effect; or whoever shall acknowledge, or procure to be acknowledged, in any such court, any recognizance, bail, or judgment, in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than seven years or both; but this provision shall not extend to the acknowledgment of any judgment by an attorney, duly admitted, for any person against whom such judgment is had or given. with oblit carry book, Destroying, etc., pub R. S., s. 5403. U. S.. Goldberg, 7 Biss., 175, 178, 25 Fed. Cas., 1342; Mackin Ex parte Porkins, 29 S. . De Groat, 30 Fed. SEC. 128. Whoever shall wilfully and un- lic records. lawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or, intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, erate, destroy, or steal, shall take and away any record, proceeding, map, paper, document, or other thing, filed deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. or 1. U. S., 143 Fed. Rep., 729; People v. Wise, 2 How. (N. S.), 92; Ayres . Covill, 18 Barb., 263. office, or with . Destroying records by R. S., s. 5408. SEC. 129. Whoever, having the custody of officer in charge. any record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing specified in the preceding section, shall wilfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify, or destroy any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or thing, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall moreover forfeit his office and be forever afterward disqualified from holding any office under the Government of the United States. Forging signature of judge, etc. R. S., . 5419. SEC. 130. Whoever shall forge the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of any such court, or shall knowingly concur in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or shall tender in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signature of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. Bribery of a judge or judicial officer. R. S., 8. 5449. SEC. 131. Whoever, directly or indirectly, shall give or offer, or cause to be given or offered, any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, or any other bribe, to any judge, judicial officer, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, proceeding, or controversy, with intent to influence his action, vote, opinion, or decision thereon, or because of any such action, vote, opinion, or decision, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall forever be disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. Judge or judicial officer accepting a bribe, etc. R. S., s. 5499. SEC. 132. Whoever, being a judge of the United States, shall in any wise accept or receive any sum of money, or other bribe, present, or reward, or any promise, contract, obligation, gift, or security for the payment of money, or for the delivery or conveyance of anything of value, with the intent to be influenced thereby in any opinion, judgment, or decree in any suit, controversy, matter, or cause depending before him, or because of any such opinion, ruling, decision, judgment, or decree, shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or both; and shall be forever disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. Juror, referee, master, SEC. 133. Whoever, being a juror, referee, etc., or judicial officer, arbitrator, appraiser, assessor, auditor, etc., accepting bribe. master, receiver, United States commissioner, or other person authorized by any law of the United States to hear or determine any question, matter, cause, controversy, or proceeding, shall ask, receive, or agree to receive, any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, upon any agreement or understanding that his vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be influenced thereby, or because of any such vote, opinion, action, judgment, or decision, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. Witness accepting SEC. 134. Whoever, being, or about to be, bribe. a witness upon a trial, hearing, or other proceeding, before any court or any officer authorized by the laws of the United States to hear evidence or take testimony, shall receive, or agree or offer to receive, a bribe, upon any agreement or understanding that his testimony shall be influenced thereby, or that he will absent himself from the trial, hearing, or other proceeding, or because of such testimony, or such absence, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years or both. ruption of witness, or or officer. R. S., ss. 5399, 5404. Ex parte Robinson, 19 Wall., 505; In re Savin, 131 U. S., 267; In re Neagle, 135 U. S., 148 U. S., 197; U. S Fed. Rep., 237; U. S. 63; Petibone U. S., Memphis R. Co., 6 SEC. 135. Whoever corruptly, or by Intimidation or corthreats or force, or by any threatening grand or petit iuror, letter or communication, shall endeavor to influence, intimidate, or impede any witness, in any court of the United States or before any United States commissioner or officer acting as such commissioner, or any grand or petit juror, or officer in or of any court of the United States, or officer who may be serving at any examination or other proceeding before any United States commissioner or officer acting as such commissioner, in the discharge of his duty, or who ruptly or by threats or force, or by any threatening letter or threatening communication, shall influence, obstruct, or impede, cor . Kilpatrick, 16 Fed. Rep., 765; Sharon . Hill, 24 Fed. Rep., 726; U. §.. Polite, 35 Fed. Rep., 58; U. S. v. Kee, 39 Fed. Rep., 603; In re Neagle, 39 Fed. Rep., 833; U. S. . Thomas, 47 Fed. Rep., 807; U. S. v. Armstrong, 59 Fed. Rep.. 568; In re Brule, 71 Fed. Rep., 943: U. S. 1. Mc416; U. S.. Bittinger, Leod, 119 Fed. Rep., 15 Am. L. Reg. (N. S.), 49. |