                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                   CHAPTER 49--FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
 
Sec. 1072. Concealing escaped prisoner

    Whoever willfully harbors or conceals any prisoner after his escape 
from the custody of the Attorney General or from a Federal penal or 
correctional institution, shall be imprisoned not more than three years.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 755.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 753i, 910 (May 14, 1930, 
ch. 274, Sec. 10, 46 Stat. 327; May 27, 1930, ch. 339, Sec. 10, 46 Stat. 
390).
    Section consolidates similar language of said sections of title 18, 
U.S.C., 1940 ed. Remaining provisions are in section 752 of this title.
    Words ``willfully harbors'' were added in conformity with section 
1071 of this title. Punishment for harboring violators of the Espionage 
laws is provided in section 792 of this title. Punishment for harboring 
deserters from the armed forces is provided in section 1381 of this 
title.
    Minor changes were made in phraseology.
