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Rescuing person or goods, or assaulting sheriff or bailiff in execution of his duty, a misdemeanor.
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26. Whosoever shall, by violence to, or threat of violence to, or restraint of the person of any sheriff, under sheriff, or bailiff when executing any civil bill decree, or by force, compel or induce such sheriff, under sheriff, or bailiff to abandon any seizure of the body or goods of any person previously made by such sheriff, under sheriff, or bailiff while in the execution of such decree, or who shall rescue or attempt to rescue the body or goods of any person taken under a civil bill decree by such sheriff, under sheriff, or bailiff, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding six calendar months, with or without hard labour.
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