A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes.
1792 Treatise on Penal Statutes for Justices of the Peace Boscawen, William [1752-1811]. A Treatise on Convictions on Penal Statutes. Dublin: Printed for James Moore, 1792. [xii], 211, 14 pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary calf, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, blind tooling to board edges. A few minor nicks and stains to boards, some wear to spine ends and corners, front joints starting, front free endpaper lacking. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, offsetting from early signature on front free endpaper to front pastedown. An attractive copy. $400. * Reissue of the only edition (London 1792). Boscawan's book was intended to aid justices of the peace by stating the relevant rules on the enforcement of penal statutes that had been established by the judges. The book has two parts. The first part states these rules, the second gives a collection of precedents arranged alphabetically. This book is discussed at length in the chapter on the literature of eighteenth-century common law in Holdsworth's History of English Law (XII:363). English Short-Title Catalogue T120451.
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