Every officer to whose charge any jury is committed by any court or magistrate, who negligently or intentionally permits them or any one of them: (1) To receive any communication from any person; (2) To make any communication to any person; (3) To obtain or receive any book or paper; or (4) To leave the jury room without the leave of such court or magistrate first obtained; is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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