{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-9-270","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 16-9-270","heading":"Acceptance of bribes by jurors, arbitrators, umpires or referees.","body":"If any person summoned as a juror or chosen or appointed as an arbitrator, umpire or referee corruptly receives any gift or gratuity whatever from a party to a suit, cause or proceeding for the trial or decision of which such juror has been summoned or for the hearing or determination of which such arbitrator, umpire or referee has been chosen or appointed, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard labor not exceeding five years or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year.","path":["Title 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 9 Offenses Against Public Justice","ARTICLE 3 Bribery, Corruption of Jurors and the Like"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t16c009.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:44:24Z","sha256":"293b5db640ac928ace23829ef08cced36db5d0ed648fb47923f197eabbd8dcea","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-9-260","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-16-9-280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}