JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
There grew up in the administration of early criminal justice in England a practice called "approvement", under which a person, indicted for treason or capital felony, was permitted, on arraignment, to acknowledge the offense, implicate any accomplices he may have had, and have the latter stand trial for the crime. If the guilt of the accomplice was established, either on a trial by battle or on one to a jury, the approver was regarded as being...
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