Approver
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
A person indicted of a capital crime before pleading and accused crime. This latter was called the found guilty, the approver was acquitted otherwise the accuser was hanged The accusation was called an appeal, like the ordinary appeal. This method superseded by queen's or state's evidence.