![]() ![]() Although brought before a court, he was not allowed to say anything in self-defence, nor was there any need for accusation, indictment or appeal. If he resisted he could be cut down, while, if he submitted to capture, his fate was decided. with horn and voice." "Hue," appearance, colour, is in Old English hiew, hiw, cognate with Swedish hij, complexion, skin, and probably connected with Sanskrit chawi, skin, complexion, beauty.īy hue and cry, if he still had about him the signs of his guilt. 293 (1809), "an hue and cry, hutesium et clamor. ![]() It has been suggested that while "cry" represents the sound of the voices of the pursuers, "hue" applies to the sound of horns or other instruments used in the pursuit and so Blackstone, Comment. A swift fate awaited any one overtaken 1 The word "hue," which is now obsolete except in this phrase and in the "huers" on the Cornish coast who direct the pilchardfishing from the cliffs, is generally connected with the Old French verb huer, to cry, shout, especially in war or the chase. In the case of a hue and cry, all those joining in the pursuit were justified in arresting the person pursued, even though it turned out that he was innocent. It was the duty of any person aggrieved, or discovering a felony, to raise the hue and cry,' and his neighbours were bound to turn out with him and assist in the discovery of the offender. HUE AND CRY, a phrase employed in English law to signify the old common law process of pursuing a criminal with horn and voice. ![]()
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