Hello I was reading some abstracts of some eary Kingston documents and I ran into one from 1680 about *'hue and cry'* as follows: Statement that he has obtained a hue & cry after a Negro man who ran away from the Esopus and that he will pay all costs and charges arising out of the said hue & cry. Can anyone tell me what hue and cry meant? Take care Chris -- Chris Brooks Kansas City, Missouri 816-363-1831

Hi Chris I just went to Wikipedia and this is what they have to say: In common law, a hue and cry (Latin, hutesium et clamor, "a horn and shouting," or from ME "hu" and AF "cri") is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime. By the statute of Winchester, 13 Edw. I cc. 1 and 4, (1285) it was provided that anyone, either a constable or a private citizen, who witnessed a crime shall make hue and cry, and that the hue and cry must be kept up against the fleeing criminal from town to town and from county to county, until the felon is apprehended and delivered to the sheriff. All able-bodied men, upon hearing the shouts, were obliged to assist in the pursuit of the criminal, which makes it comparable to the posse comitatus. It was moreover provided that a hundred that failed to give pursuit on the hue and cry would become liable in case of any theft or robbery. Those who raised a hue and cry falsely were themselves guilty of a crime. In Oliver Twist, Fagin reads a magazine called the Hue and Cry which was a weekly Police Gazette detailing crimes and wanted people. Dee in Phoenix When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris --- On Wed, 6/8/11, Chris Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chris Brooks <[email protected]> Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] hue and cry To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 6:25 PM Hello I was reading some abstracts of some eary Kingston documents and I ran into one from 1680 about *'hue and cry'* as follows: Statement that he has obtained a hue & cry after a Negro man who ran away from the Esopus and that he will pay all costs and charges arising out of the said hue & cry. Can anyone tell me what hue and cry meant? Take care Chris -- Chris Brooks Kansas City, Missouri 816-363-1831 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message