§ 839.16, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 839. OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Fraud of clerk in drawing jury.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
If the clerk of any court shall be guilty of any fraud, either by practicing on a jury box previous to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in returning into the box any juror which had been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in her or his stead, or in any other way in the drawing of jurors, the clerk shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083.
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History
s. 30, ch. 1628, 1868; RS 2575; GS 3491; RGS 5371; CGL 7505; s. 1026, ch. 71-136; s. 1326, ch. 97-102.
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