The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-14

the manner of it's execution he himself
calls attention to the following titles, by
| the examination of which he is willing
| that the utility of his work may be test
: ed:
| "Aecessors, Amendment, Arguments of
| Counsel, Arrest Of Judgment, Bills OF
Particulars, Burden OF Proof Corrobor-
alive Evidence Confederation Of Wit
! nesses, Declarations Tin evidenced, De-
murrer,e Documentary Evidence, Dying
| Declarations, Examination of Witnesses
Exceptions and Objections, Expert and
Opinion Evidence, Former Conviction or
!. Acquittal. Grand jury, Hearsay Evi-
| dence, ldem Sonans, impeachment of
! Witnesses In Forma Pauperis, Indict-
| ment. Instructions, Jeopardy, Judge, jur-
! isdiction, MiStrial, New Trial, Opinion,
| Evidence, Parol Evidence Prescriptions,
Privileged Communications, Prosecutor,
Punishment, Questions for Court, CUES
tons for jury. Removal of Causes. Res
GeStae, Severance. Solicitor Special Yer
dict, Special Venire, Statutes, Trail. Va
Rance, Venire, Venue Verdict, Waiver,
Warrant, Witnesses
In explaining the second part of the
book / adopt the language of the author
himself.
THE second part of the book the
Gifted cases" feature, is AN alphabetical
list of the nearly twenty-eight hundred
criminal cases to be found i'm the one hun
bred and twenty -four volumes of reports.
with every citatiOn of each case since it
was decided, the point of law to which
it was cited, and whether it has been
over-ruled, criticised, doubted, or distin-
guished. A very large number of civil
cases, in which criminal cases have been
cited and discusses are to he found along
with the criminal cases. The way of its
use is simple. After having found a case
in point in the first part of the Book,
| the IndeX-Digest, will be found all sub
sequent citations of the given case and
many other parallel cases" IL
| Each case, and not a digest on index
or headnote. has been resorted to and
closely examined"
| The work is designed as much for
those who only occasionally and reluct-
antly appear in criminal courts, as for
those whose practice upon the criminal
| docket is extensive"
) | quote also from Judge Clarks COM
mendation of the work who is the more
competent to speak in that he himself has
also been a benefactor to the profession
by his Code in its several editions. He
says:
II have examined with. care Your
Criminal IndexDigest.' / congratulate
you upon the thoroughnesS and scientific
Skill shown in the work. The profession,
both bench and bar, are no less to be
congratulated upon the hours of labor
which your labors will enable them to
save"
Mr.. Walser acknowledges himself to be
indebted to his brother, Z. |. Walser
for assistance in his valuable enterprise.
Both names appear on the title page and
both are signed to the preface, and the
book may we'll have been the labor OF
two. They deserve the thanks of the
profession.
The book is appropriately dedicated to
the memory of the Hon. Thomas NJ.
Cooley. Mr.. Walser's former preceptor.
\ full and complete IndeX-Digest Of the
decisions on the civil law of this State.
as this is of the criminal law, is the great
need of the profession. This is a work
of such great labor that / suggest that Il
number of the members of the bar under
take it each confirming himself to given
subject or subjects. The Bar Associa-
tion could do nothing better than TO en-
courage or inaugurate this great work.
Our law must I've fully indeXed before we
can accurately know it.
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