- Whoever, being a public officer, under pretense or color of any process or other legal authority—
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(1) arrests any person or detains him against his will;
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(2) seizes or levies upon any property; or
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(3) dispossesses any one of any lands or property—
without a regular process or other lawful authority therefor, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
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