Havlng committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner In plead-lng to an indictment when he confesses the crime of which he is charged, and by the jury in convicting. Com. v. waiter, 83 Pa. 108, 24 Am. Rep. 154; Jessie v. State, 28 Miss. 106; State ▼. white, 25 wis. 359
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
