A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials and impeachments for high-treason
From the reign of King Richard II to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteoys in the tenth year of the reign of his present Majesty King George II. The whole containing, I. The substance of the indictment or charge. II. The evidence. III. The prisoner's defence. IV. The several points of law arisirg. V. The event or the trial, or fate of the prisoner, &c. In this abbridgement are inserted also, order; and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd with law in criminal cases anciently was; and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this time. Likewise, impartial memoirs of the and characters of the to which is added, A compleat of the names of the prisoners tried; the times when; their crimes, and punishments
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Publication
1738 - Printed for J. and J. Hazard against Stationers-Hall; W. Mears, on Ludgate-Hill; J. Mechell next the Leg-Tavern, and J. Applebee in Bolt-Court, Fleet-street; J. Stone near Gray's Inn; C. Ward and R. Chandler without Temple-Bar, and at their Shops in York and Scarborough., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
230,500 words, Guess
Page Count
922 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL60605213M
- OCLC Control Number824180315
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Series Statement
- Eighteenth century collections online
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