Theft Bote
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The act of receiving a man's goods from the thief, after they had been stolen by him, with the intent that he shall escape punishment. This is an offense punishable at common law by fine and imprisonment.
Hale, P. C. 130.
See "Compounding a Felony." THEFT BOTE EST EMENDA FURTI capta, sine consideratione curiae domini regis. Theft bote is the paying money to have goods stolen returned, without having any respect for the court of the king.
3 Inst. 134. THELONIO IRRATI0NABIL1 HABENDO.
A writ that formerly lay for him that had any part of the king's demesne in fee farm, to recover reasonable toll of the king's tenants there, if his demesne had been accustomed to be tolled.
Reg. Orig. 87.