Dissuade
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.