Section 17-170. Destroying or delaying election returns


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  • A  messenger
      appointed by authority of law to receive and carry a report, certificate
      or certified copy of  any  statement  relating  to  the  result  of  any
      election,   who  wilfully  mutilates,  tears,  defaces,  obliterates  or
      destroys the same, or does any other act which prevents the delivery  of
      it  as  required by law; and a person who takes away from such messenger
      any such report, certificate or certified copy, with intent  to  prevent
      its  delivery,  or  who  wilfully  does  any injury or other act in this
      section specified, is guilty of a felony.