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HUE AND CRY - LoveToKnow Article on HUE AND CRY |
 | | In the case of a hue and cry, all those joining in the pursuit were justified in arresting the person pursued, even though it turned out that he was innocent. |
 | | Although regulated from time to time by writs and statutes, the process of hue and cry continued to retain its summary method of procedure, and proof was not required of a culprits guilt, but merely that he had been taken red-handed by hue and cry. |
 | | Hue and cry has, from its original meaning, come to be applied to a proclamation for the capture of an offender or for the finding of stolen goods, and to an official publication, issued for the information of the authorities interested, in which particulars are given of offenders wanted, offences committed, andc. |
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