compounding a felony

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compounding a felony - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  COMPOUNDING A FELONY, The act of a party immediately aggrieved, who agrees 
  with a thief or other felon that he will not prosecute him, on condition 
  that he return to him the goods stolen, or who takes a reward not to 
  prosecute. This is an offence punishable by fine and imprisonment. The mere 
  retaking by the owner of stolen goods is no offence, unless the offender is 
  not to be prosecuted. Hale, P. C. 546 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 4.