97-7-17 - Conspiracy to prevent holding a public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of force, etc. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-7-17. Conspiracy to prevent holding a public office or discharging its duties, etc.; by use of force, etc.
 

If two (2) or more persons conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence under the State of Mississippi, or any subdivision thereof, or from discharging any duties thereof, or to induce by like means any officer of the State of Mississippi or subdivision thereof, to leave the place where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of his official duties, each of such persons shall be fined upon conviction not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 2059.1; Laws,  1968, ch. 344, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved July 30, 1968).