A digest of laws relating to the offices and duties of sheriff, coroner and constable. / By Joseph Backus, counsellor at law. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Backus, Joseph.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24667.

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24668.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law reports, digests, etc.

Sheriffs.

Coroners.

Constables.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed for the author., 1812.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"The following digest is compiled from English elementary writers' digests, abridgments, and reports, from reports of cases adjudged in the supreme courts of and [sic] United States, and of the states of New-York, Massachusetts, and Vermont; and in the superior and supreme courts of Connecticut: from books of practice, English and American, and from the statutes of New-York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New-Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode-Island. ..."--Advertisement, v. 1. Signed: The author. Bridgeport, 8th September, 1812.

District of Connecticut copyright July 13, 1812 by Joseph Backus.

"W.A. Davis, print."--verso of title page.

Vol. 1: [10], 489, [1] p.; v. 2: [6], 477, [1] p.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 273 misnumbered 373; v. 2, p. 199, 235, 240, 303, 328 misnumbered 165, 201, 290, 330, 828. In some copies, v. 1, p. 272, is misnumbered 172.

"Recommendation" from Cadwallader D. Colden, dated "New-York, 7th September, 1812," on verso of title page, v. 1. Additional recommendations, p. [3], 1st count.

"Errata."--v. 1, p. [10], 1st count, and v. 2, p. [478]. In some copies, a second errata statement appears on p. [490] of v. 1.

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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 24668).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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