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DISGUISE

Volume 8 · 56 words · 1860 Edition

a counterfeit habit. Persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are by our statutes subjected to heavy penalties, and in some cases declared felons. By an old statute, commonly called the black act, persons appearing disguised and armed in a forest or grounds inclosed, or hunting deer, or robbing a warren or a fish-pond, are declared felons.