16-13-49. Permitting improper communication with jury as misdemeanor.
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Every officer to whose charge any jury is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or intentionally permits them or any one of them:
(1)To receive any communication from any person;
(2)To make any communication to any person;
(3)To obtain or receive any book or paper; or
(4)To leave the jury room without the leave of such court or magistrate first obtained; is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.