476.160. Parties may be indicted, when. — Persons punished for contempt under the provisions of sections 476.010 to 476.310 shall, notwithstanding, be liable to indictment for such contempt, if the same be an indictable offense; but the court before which a conviction shall be had on such indictment shall, in forming its sentence, take into consideration the punishment before inflicted.
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(RSMo 1939 § 2033)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1869; 1919 § 2364; 1909 § 3886