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Definition of Accessory during the fact
1. Noun. A person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accessory During The Fact
Literary usage of Accessory during the fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Laws of the State of Colorado, Comprising that Portion of the by Colorado, William M. Clark (1877)
"... shall be deemed and considered as principal and punished accordingly.
An accessory during the fact, is a person who stands by, without interfer- ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence: Being a Consideration of the Nature and by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1905)
"accessory during the fact in purview of accessory's advice. 2777. Proof of
principal's guilt 2784. Accessory after the fact— 2778. ..."
3. Colorado Reports by Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado, Supreme Court (1897)
"... Annotated Statutes, which expressly provides that an accessory during the fact
shall be deemed and considered as a principal, and punished accordingly. ..."
4. Colorado Statutes Annotated: With All Acts and Amendments Up to and by Colorado, Robert Stewart Morrison, Emilio Dominguez De Soto (1912)
"accessory during the fact competent, S 1629. Accused may testify, in criminal
cases, § 1984. in preliminary examination, § 3880. ..."
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