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Definition of Accessory after the fact
1. Noun. A person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony.
Definition of Accessory after the fact
1. Noun. (legal) A person who assists or protects someone wanted by the police in connection with a crime. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accessory After The Fact
Literary usage of Accessory after the fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roscoe's Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases by Henry Roscoe (1888)
"3, enacts that " whosoever shall become an accessory after the fact to any felony,
whether the same be a felony at common law, or by virtue of any act ..."
2. The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer: With the Practice of Country by John Frederick Archbold (1846)
"An accessory after the fact to felony, may be tried either in the county where
he has been accessory, or in that in which the original felony was committed. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Criminal Law as Now Administered in the United States by Emlin McClain (1897)
"... the accused is not punishable as accessory after the fact to such felony.2 The
mere concealment of the crime, or failure to take any steps to apprehend ..."
4. The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators by David E. Herold, Benn Pitman (1865)
"What is. an accessory after the fact ? An accessory after the fact is when a ...
Obviously, a man to be an accessory after the fact musí be aware of the ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"If one opposes the apprehension of a felon, or voluntarily and intentionally
suffers him to escape, or rescues him, he becomes an accessory after the fact.6 ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf, Simon Greenleaf Croswell (1892)
"If one opposes the apprehension of a felon, or voluntarily and intentionally
suffers him to escape, or rescues him, he becomes an accessory after the fact.6 ..."
7. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1919)
"Upon an indictment against a party as an accessory after the fact in robbery,
proof of the prisoner's knowledge of the felony, together with proof of his ..."
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