Hue and Cry
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old English law
A loud outcry with which felons (such as robbers, burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were bound to take up, and join in the pursuit, until the malefactor was taken. Bract, fols.
115b, 124; 4 Bl. Comm. 293.
A written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all officers and pcople to assist in retaking him.
3 HoW. State Tv. 386.