If a man was accused of a crime and, instead of appearing in court and defending himself from accusations, fled from justice, he was committing serious contempt of court which was itself a capital crime ; so even if he were innocent of the crime he was originally accused of, he was guilty of evading justice.

If a man was accused of a crime and, instead of appearing in court and defending himself from accusations, fled from justice, he was committing serious contempt of court which was itself a capital crime ; so even if he were innocent of the crime he was originally accused of, he was guilty of evading justice.

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