A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of...
A Guide to Criminal Law for Justices of Peace Davis, Daniel [1762-1835]. A Practical Treatise Upon the Authority and Duty of Justices of the Peace in Criminal Prosecutions. To Which are Now Added Precedents of Declarations and Pleadings. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1828. iv, 471 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary sheep, blind fillets to boards, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Moderate rubbing and a few minor nicks and scuffs, small tears to head of spine, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges cracked, front free endpaper lacking, title page beginning to detach but secure. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places. $100. * Second edition. Davis was the United States Attorney for the Maine District of Massachusetts, Solicitor General of Massachusetts and the author of several legal treatises. This work is a valuable manual of criminal law. Though it pertains mostly to the laws of Massachusetts, it is a useful guide to criminal laws concerning Justices of the Peace in other states. Its first edition was published in 1824; its final edition, the fourth, in 1847. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 8374.
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