History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesBarnes, William Horatio
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History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
Barnes, William Horatio
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1869; United States. Congress (39th : 1865-1867)
"SEC. 6. _And be it further enacted_, That any person who
shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent
any officer, or other person, charged with the execution of
any warrant or process issued under the provisions of this
act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or
them, from arresting any person for whose apprehension such
warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or
attempt to rescue such person from the custody of the
officer, other person or persons, or those lawfully
assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared, or who shall aid, abet,
or assist any person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or
indirectly, to escape from the custody of the officer or
other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall
harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or
process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to
prevent his discovery and arrest after notice or knowledge
of the fact that a warrant has been issued for the
apprehension of such person, shall, for either of said
offenses, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, and
imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and
conviction before the district court of the United States
for the district in which said offense may have been
committed, or before the proper court of criminal
jurisdiction, if committed within any one of the organized
Territories of the United States.
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