Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-14
CHITTY'S CRIMINAL Law

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| Edited by Richard Peters, Jr. Esq.
THE London edition of this work is contained in four
large volumes, royal octave, aud sells ,n this
Try for S45.
II has been subject Of frequent aud just complaint
among professional gentlemen. who Obliged 10 pos.
sess every Law book of reputation and authority that
the publication of the English copies of these works
entire, imposes them the necessity OF paying
vast of matter which in consequence OF the diff
ferences existing between laws aud Great
Britain, cannot under any circumstances he of
them and that by such none are benefit
ted but the printer and BOOKSELLER The criminal code
ct England csnprehends host of prohibitions, which
the free principles of our will suffer
exist among us and the more liberal and improved
systems, b. which criminal justice is administered
here has excluded from courts, multitude
OF forms and technical nicetes which there, IRE
quentiy interrupt the justice aud load it with
expenses, equally hurthensOue To the ihuocen OPP
| pressre to the guilty
America, Wilt become necessary for practitioner 10
know tue forms OF proceedings for offences against the
BRUSH Toleraon Law e Here there does exist thai
intolerance which gives any particular reli.
gion peculiar privileges for all here equally fee
aud offences OF this Kind cannot be committed. The
modes of proceeding in the Courts of England the
CRIME OF q" insulting the King in returning from the
THEATRE, " Kissing and hootiRg about the Kings car
rage! " a libel on the King for employing troops
IN America" =" on the Royal Family" Il" on the Prince
Regent" on Hereditary Monarchy and Constitutions %
can never he required To be known here. There
more than five hundTed criminal statutes in Is britain
which do not extend to, and the principles which
can he'er apply To this country land the work before
us rs bnrhened with the forms of proc eedngs under
these laws. In the courts of Hall the
W prosecutions pTOpOTOlIcu the Icing
oi Tue pieadngs; and thus we hnd the indictments,
which are there in use, contain in many instances
ludurnpe the matter necessary 10 set The case
he whole OF the proceedings incumbered with forms
ny winch the officers Of those Courts enriched and
The community imposed upon.
To publish work crowded with all these forms and
unabridged, useless matter page for page with the
copy under the pretence that is essential to
give 10 the pnblic "entire, is ts Impose ali who
before they purchased it, possessed ILe oppoI
tuhly OF examining its contents.
Mr. Chiity's" Practical Treatise on TIE Criminal
hp all
to the library Of the awyer,i has received since the
Comm.ntarie of Sir william Blackstone. contains
Of Sass"s "n us 81 ss
ierenc-s 10 .Ts.J savoTIty, ob,aiIieu
with this work, IL may be necessary that the
hTsi volume is devoted to full and minute inVesiga
Ton OF the Criminal Law an explanation of the forms
oi proceedings OF the evidence III criminal cases. and
OF tals convictions, sentences and executions. Tbe
second aud third volumes contain form OF indictments
and inornaiions, for all Offences at Common Law,
gaDst the laws OF nations and particular statutes The
ionrth rs exclusively occupied by forms OF proceedings
on arrest commitments. writs after indictment found,
commissions giving criminal jui isdction (neve issued
IN tue Uhted Sstes) arragnnent pleas aud records Of
past proceedings IN the various courts of thai kingdom
10 every lawyer is well known that these ferns Of
use only To public officers, il they useful here
and that the volume which should contain them. would
remain Tor years, unopened IN The Library of every
practitioner.
In the publication of Mr.. Ehitty's Work the Editor
has sought to avoid The o such matter as eau
not be useful in the United States and he has been
du'ous to preserve every thing, which Ill any possbi
he FIRST volume is published eptiTe, aud to this there
has been added notes all the decis points
CRIMINAL aud correctional law in the OF the differ
ent states aud Of the Unied States, which have been
reported and published aud also from manuscript
oil the EDITOR of cases decided III the Circuit Of
the United States, for the Pennsylvania district These
editions are considerable, and will be found useful to
the profession.
The pages Of The London edition have been preserved
aud the index has, with mu.h labor, been altered,
Al The references IN II are to the Of the Aner
can puhlicdtiOn-ThP work, lin its progress through
the press, has been superintendent by professional
gentleman, who has added number Of pTecedents Of
indictments IN the courts of the United States aud Of the
Individual states. The profession will thus I've put in
possession OF all that is valuable and useful in the En-
gsb edition, with much Interesting additional matter
obtained from the adjudication of courts, aud
OF such forms OF proceedings peculiar to
country The pTIce OF the thee volumes is $40.
entity criminal tar ( London edition. rot. PA
&C. ~, rs, 20, So 81, 81, 80, 81.
Guilty, LO1dOH cation, 81.
Iden IS, 80, So, 90, OF, 81, o5, 90, o..
- The above work rs nov fOI sale by PETER COT
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