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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 4

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William Blackstone

J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, 1773 - Law

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OF PUBLIC WRONGS	1

CHAP IX	103

CHAP	127

Of OFFENCES against the PUBLIC PEACE	142

Of OFFENCES against PUBLIC TRADE	154

Of OFFENCES against the PUBLIC HEALTH and the PUBLIC POLICE or OECONOMY 16г	161

Of HOMICIDE	176

Conviction of Manſlaughter iv	192

Of SUMMARY CONVICTIONS	277

Of ARRESTS	286

Of COMMITMENT and BAIL	293

Of the feveral MODES of PROSECUTION	298

Of PROCESS upon an INDICTMENT	313

Of PLEA and ISSUE	326

Of TRIAL and CONVICTION	336

Of the BENEFIT of CLERGY	358

Of OFFENCES against the HABITATIONS of INDI VIDUALS	220

Of OFFENCES against PRIVATE PROPERTY	229

CHAP XVIII	242

Of the means of PREVENTING offences	248

Of COURTS of a CRIMINAL JURISDICTION	255

Of JUDGMENT and its CONSEQUENCES	368

Of REVERSAL of JUDGMENT	383

Of the RISE PROGRESS and gradual IMPROVEMENTS	400

APPENDIX	i

Entry of a Trial inſtanter in the Court of Kings Bench	v

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Title	Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 4 Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, William Blackstone
Author	William Blackstone
Edition	5
Publisher	J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, 1773
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	Jul 20, 2009

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