Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-21
CHlITY'S CRIMINAL l.AV.

RtLEi's sECoNDAMgRIcAN IMPROVED EDITION
Edited 6y Richard Peters, Jr. Esq.
VIE London edition Of this work is contained in four
Try for Si5.
among professional gentlemen. who obliged to pos
sess every Law book OF reputation aud authority that
tue publication of the English copies OF these works
hths, imposes on theim tue necessity OF paying for
vast mass OF matter which, In consequence Of the diff
eienses existing be~ten our laws aud those OF Grea,
btitan, cann" under any circumstances be Of use
them aud that by such publications. none are benefit
ted but the printer and bookseller. The criminal code
OF England cem9reheuds host OF prohibitions which
the Tree principles OF our government will sue to
exist among us aud the more liberal aud improved
systeins by which criminal Justice is administered
here. has excluded from m courts multitude
OF forms and ,echnisai nicc,ies, which there, too
expenses, equally burhehsene TO the Innocent, Us
pteSsive TO the guilty.
Ia what eases which eau arise in the United States OF
anericd whit become necessary for practitioner 70
Know the forms Of proceedings tor offences against The
British .oIeaOn Law - He,e there does not that
it"etauee which gives 10 ;ay particular form tr.
goh peculiar privileges for all here are equally free
aud offences OF ths kind cannot he committed. The
moses oil proceeding III the Courts OF England for the
crime OF " insulting the King ia returning rom the
lheatre.t kissing and hootiHy about the Kings car
,laee,- - libel on the hing Tor employing troops
~ Aiuefiea" " on the Royal Family" =" on The rruce
hegent,' en- Hereditary MonaIc by and Constitution
eau never De required to be known here. There are
hoie IMAM hve hundred criminal statutes in c. Britain,
which do not extend TO, aud The principles o. which
can never apply To TIL. country aud the moIk before
us burthened with ihe forms OF proceedings under
these laws Ia the coni of Westminster Hall The
OF CRIMINAL prosecutions are proportional The length
OF me pieadines; aId thus find the indictments
when are there ip use, Contain in many instance
y"ddtnpe TIE matter necessary to set the case and
The whole OF the al " iIh forms
10y which the officers OF those Courts are enriched
the community imposed upon.
To p"biish work crowded with all these forms and
unap1uged useless matter" page for page with The
Lonaon copy under the ptIence that is essential to
sMe II TO the public entire is to impose all who
hove not before they purchased possessed the
tunity oil examining IT'S contents.
Mr.. Chitty's" Prdcticai Treatise on The Criminal
l.vgr ia A,,.ilf.
to the library Of the lawyer has received since The
Commentaries OF Sir William Blackston Il contains
acontriee aud ininous exposition of the whole Grim
oode OF England, and It's faithful and copiUus
ierences TO every authority, has obtained for II the
neuesl estimation. 10 those who are not acquainted
Win tbs wofk, II may be necessary TO state that the
nfst Vohme rs devoted la full aud minnie invesiga-
non OF the Criminal Law, explanation Of the forms
VI ptoceeuhss, OF the evidence ia criminal cases and
OF rlais, CONVICTIONS sentences aud executions. The
second and tbrd volumes contain fum of indictments
ana iniorinations, for all Offences al Common Law a
galhst tue laws OF nations aud particular statutes The
iolh Is exclusively occupied by ors of proceedings
on arrest. commitments, tyrs after indictment found
commissions giving ctimua jurisdiction (neyer
III me United States arragnmeni, pleas and of
'OeNefy ia"yer II swell known that these forms are of
use only to public officers II they are ever
aud that the volume which souid contain them unnId
fehaih Tor years, unopened III the Library of every
practitioner.
In the publication of SIR. Ghuy's work, the Editor
mas sousht To aveld the Insertion OF such can
not be useful in the United States AID be la been
huous 10 preserve every thing, which in any 30, ~
The frat volume is published entire aud to this Ibtye
mas been added. as nnes all the decisions poiuts
CRIMINAL anj correctional law In the courts Tie differ.
ent states and Of the United States which have been
reported and published and also fon manuscript notes
OF lne eator, OF cases decided III the Circuit
Tue United States for the Pey ivania district. These
additions are considerable, and will be fnund useru! to
the profession.
The Of the London edition have bee preserved
anu tne index has, with much labor, been altered so
tua' tue references IN u are 10 tue pages OF the
can puhiication-The work, lin it's progress through
Tue press, mas been superinteuded by professional
gentleman, who has added number of pTecedenis OF
indictments IN the courts Of The United States and the
Individual states. The profession will thus he put IN
possession Of all that valuable aud useful in the En-.
g,lsI edition. with much interesting additional matter
obtained ifem the adjudication our own counts and
OF such forms of proceedings are peculiar to our
country The price OF the three volumes is $40
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