The penal statutes abridged, and alphabetically arranged. : Calculated to serve the desirable end of an alphabetical common place book of the penal laws. Exhibiting at one view. The nature of the offence; the penalty annexed to it, for the first, second, and third offence; the number of witnesses and magistrates necessary to conviction; the application of the penalty; the manner of prosecuting and recovering the penalty. To which is prefixed, A collection of maxims and rules for the proper exposition of statutes; the whole being essentially necessary for the due administration of public justice. By George Clark, Esq. The second edition, with great additions and improvements, By George Wilson, serjeant at law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, George, Esq.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Criminal law.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xii,315 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Fielding and Walker, No. 20, Pater-Noster Row; W. Flexney, Holborn, and W. Clarke, Portugal-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N38509.

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