Advising, Encouraging, or Procuring Dismissal or Settlement of Warrant by Arresting Officer

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Any arresting officer who advises or encourages the dismissal or settlement of any criminal warrant placed in his hands for execution, either before or after an arrest is made on the warrant, or who procures or encourages the dismissal or settlement of such warrants by threats, duress, intimidation, promises, or any other artifice or means shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1897, p. 98, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 923; Code 1933, § 27-9901.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

C.J.S.

- 22 C.J.S., Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused, § 275 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 437 et seq.


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