Chap. 64.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirty, chapter one
hundred and ninety of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-three, in relation to Obstructing Justice by Threats
or Force.

Approved February 12, 1876.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section thirty, chapter one hundred and ninety of the Code
of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,.
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 30. If any person by threats or force, attempt to intimi-.
date or impede a judge, justice, juror, witness, or an officer
of a court, or any sergeant, constable, or other peace officer,.
or any revenue Officer, in the discharge of his duty, or to.
obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court,.
he shall be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor, and punished
by fine and imprisonment, or either at the discretion of a.
ury. "

2. This act ‘shall be in force from its passage.