leged under the last section, shall not be privileged by reason of their being connected therewith. (2386 R. L. 1910.)

1487. Threatened Libel-Any person who threatens to publish a libel concerning any other person, or concerning any relative, wife or child or dead relative of such person, or member of his family, shall be liable civilly and criminally to have the same intent as though the publication had been made. But if the threat be not in writing, the threat and character of the libelous matter must be proven by at least two witness, or by one witness and corroborating circumstances. (2387 R. L. 1910.)

1488. Imputing Unchastity to Females-If any person shall orally or otherwise, falsely and maliciously or falsely and wantonly impute to any female, married or unmarried, a want of chastity, he shall be deemed guilty of slander, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2388 R. L. 1910.)

An information charging this offense and then amended so as to charge use of profane language, must be sworn to. Section construed. Hubbard v. Terr., 1 Okla. Cr. 131, 95 P. 217.

County court has jurisdiction to try case under this section. Jackson v. State, 10 Okla. Cr. 549, 139 P. 704.

1489. Evidence Necessary-Defenses-In any prosecution under the preceding section it shall not be necessary for the State to show that such imputation was false, but the defendant may, in justification, show the truth of the imputation, and the general reputation for chastity of the female alleged. (2389 R. L. 1910.)

1490. Lottery Defined-A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of property by chance among persons who have paid or promised or agreed to pay any valuable consideration for the chance of obtaining such property, or a portion of it, or for any share of or interest in such property, upon any agreement, understanding or expectation that it is to be distributed or disposed of by a lot or chance, whether callcd a lottery, a raffle, or a gift enterprise, or by whatever name the same may be known. (2470 R. L. 1910.)

1491. Lottery Unlawful-Any lottery is unlawful and a common public nuisance. (2471 R. L. 1910.)

1492. Drawing Lottery-Any person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes or draws any lottery, is punishable by a fine equal to double the amount of the whole sum or value for which such lottery was made, and if such amount cannot be ascertained, then by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding two years or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (2472 R. L. 1910.)

1493. Selling Lottery Tickets-Any person who sells, gives or in any manner whatever furnishes or transfers to or for any other person, any ticket, chance, share or interest, or any paper certificate or instrument, purporting or represented or understood to be or represent any ticket, chance, share or interest in or depending upon the event of any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2473 R. L. 1910.)

1494. Buying Lottery Tickets-Any person who buys, or in any manner whatever accepts or receives for himself or another any ticket, chance, share or interest, or any paper, certificate or instrument purporting or represented or understood to be or to represent any ticket, chance, share or interest in or depending upon the event of any lottery, forfeits ten dollars, to be recovered by the county superintendent of public instruction of the county in which the offense was committed, for the use of common schools in said county (2474 R. L. 1910.)

1495. Advertising Lotteries-Any person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or letters, or in any other way, advertises or publishes any account of any lottery, stating when or where the same is to be or has been drawn, or what are the prizes or any of them therein, or the price of a ticket or of any share or interest or where it may be obtained, or in any way aiding or assisting the same, or adapted to induce persons to adventure therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2475 R. L. 1910.)

1496. Offering Property Dependent on Lottery-Any person who offers for sale, distribution or disposition in any way, any real or personal property, or things in action, or any interest therein, to be determmined by lot or chance, that shall be dependent upon the drawing of any lottery within or out of this State, and every person who sells, furnishes or procures, or causes to be sold, furnished or procured in any manner whatsoever, any chance or share, or any interest whatsoever in any property offered for sale, distribution or disposition in violation of this section, or any ticket or other evidence of any chance, share or interest in such property, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2476 R. L. 1910.)

1497. Lottery Offices-Any person who opens, sets up or keeps, by himself, or by any other person or persons, any office or other place for registering the numbers of any ticket in any lottery, or for making, receiving or registering any bets or wagers upon the drawing, determination or result of any lottery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. (2477 R. L. 1910.)

1498. Advertising Lottery Offices-Any person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or letters, or in any other way, advertises or publishes any account of the opening, setting up or keeping of any office or other place for either of

the purposes prohibited by the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2478 R. L. 1910.)

1499. Insuring Lottery Tickets-Any person who insures or receives any consideration for insuring for or against the drawing of any ticket, share, or interest in any lottery, or for or against the drawing of any number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery, and every person who receives any valuable consideration upon any agreement to pay any sum, or to deliver any property or thing in action in the event that any ticket, share, or interest in any lottery, or any number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery shall prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or not drawn on any particular day or in any particular order; and every person who promises, agrees, or offers to pay any sum of money or to deliver any property or thing in action, or to do, or forbear to do anything for the benefit of any other person, with or without consideration, upon any event whatever connected with any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2479 R. L. 1910.)

1500. Advertising Insurance of Lottery Tickets-Any person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or letters, or in any other way, advertises or publishes any offer, notice or proposal for any violation of the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2480 R. L. 1910.)

1501. Property Offered by Lottery is Forfeited-All property offered for sale, distribution or disposition, in violation of the provisions of this article, is forfeited to the people of this State, as well before as after the determination of the chance on which the same was dependent. And it is the duty of the respective county attorneys, to demand, sue for, and recover in behalf of this State, all property so forfeited, and to cause the same to be sold when recovered, and to pay the proceeds of the sale of such property, and any moneys that may be collected in any such suit, into the county treasury for the benefit of common schools. (2481 R. L. 1910.)

1502. Letting Building for Lottery-Any person who lets or permits to be used any building or portion of any building, knowing that it is intended to be used for any of the purposes declared punishable by this Article, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2482 R. L. 1910.)

1503. Lotteries Out of the State-The provisions of this Article apply in respect to lotteries drawn or to be drawn out

of this State, whether authorized or not by the laws of the state where they are drawn or to be drawn, in same manner as to lotteries drawn or to be drawn within this State. (2483 R. L. 1910.)

1504. Advertisements by Person Out of State-The provisions of Sections 1495 and 1498 are applicable wherever the advertisement was published, or the letter or circular sent or delivered through or in this State, notwithstanding the person causing or procuring the same to be published, sent or delivered, was out of this State at the time of so doing. (2484 R. L. 1910.)