EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

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EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms) , in law, the attempting to

influence

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

a juryman corruptly to give his

verdict

VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

in favour of one side or the other in a trial, by promise, persuasions, en-

treaties

TREATIES

, money, entertainments and the like. It is an offence both at common law and by

statute

STATUTE

, and punishable by fine and imprisonment. As a statutory offence it

dates

DATES

back to 136o. The offence is complete, FIG. i.Fragment of a linen robe, found in the tomb of Tethmosis (Thothmes) IV. at Thebes, whether any

verdict

VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

has been given and now in the Cairo Museum. The cartouche has the name of Amenophis (Amenhotep) II. or not, and whether the verdict is in (c 15th

century

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

B.C.).
accordance with the

weight

WEIGHT

of evidence or otherwise. The person making the attempt, and any juryman who consents, are equally punishable. The false verdict of a jury, whether occasioned by

embracery

EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

or otherwise, was formerly considered criminal, and jurors were severely punished, being proceeded against by writ of attaint (q.v.). The Juries Act of 1825, in abolishing writs of attaint, made a

special

SPECIAL

exemption as regards jurors guilty of

embracery

EMBRACERY (from the O. Fr. embraseour, an embracer, i.e. one who excites or instigates, literally one who sets on fire, from embraser, to kindle a fire; " embrace," i.e. to hold or clasp in the arms, is from O. Fr. em-bracer, Lat.'in and bracchia, arms)

( 61).

Prosecution

PROSECUTION

for the offence has been so extremely rare that when a case occurred in 1891 (R. v. Baker, 113, Cent. Crim. Ct. Sess. Pap. 374) it was stated that no precedent could be found for the indictment. The defendant was fined f,200, afterwards reduced to loo.

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