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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicl an indictable offence at common law: Hawk. PI. Cr. b.

1, c. 21, s. 15.

The mere atl to stifle evidence is also criminal alt: the persuasion should not succeed, on the general principle that an incil • commit a crime is in itself criminal; 21; 6 id.

454; 2 Stra. 904; 2 Leach 925.