Embracery

Embracery in United States

Embracery Definition

In criminal law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way incline them to be more favorable to one side than to the other, by money, promises, threats, or persuasions, whether the juror on whom such attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the verdict be true or false. Hawk. P. C. 259; Bac. Abr. “Juries” (M 3) ; Co. Litt. 157b, 369a; Hob. 294; Dyer, 84a, pi. 19; Noy, 102; 1 Strange, 643; 11 Mod. Ill, 118; Comyn, Dig. 601; 5 Cow. (N. Y.) 603.

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In criminal law. An attempt to corrupt or influence a jury, or any way incline them to be more favorable to one side than to the other, by money, promises, threats, or persuasions, whether the juror on whom such attempt is made give any verdict or not, or whether the verdict be true or false. Hawk. P. C. 259; Bac. Abr. “Juries” (M 3) ; Co. Litt. 157b, 369a; Hob. 294; Dyer, 84a, pi. 19; Noy, 102; 1 Strange, 643; 11 Mod. Ill, 118; Comyn, Dig. 601; 5 Cow. (N. Y.) 603.

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