A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials, and impeachments for high-treason
from the reign of King Richard II, down to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteous 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 defences, IV. The several points of law arising, V. The event of the trial, or fate of the prisoner, &c. : in this abridgement are inserted several trials not to be found in any other collection, also some trials taken in haste are now brought into regular order, and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd : with several curious remarks on each trial, shewing what the law in criminal cases anciently was, and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this time : likewise, impartial memoirs of the times, and characters of the sufferers : to which is added, a compleat alphabetical index of the names of the prisoners tried, the times when, their crimes, and punishments
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Author
Publication
1738 - Printed for J. and J. Hazard ... W. Mears ... J. Mechell ... J. Applebee ... J. Stone ... C. Ward and R. Chandler ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
230,500 words, Guess
Page Count
922 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23159031M
- OCLC Control Number1895582
- Internet Archivenewabridgementcr00salm
- Library of Congress Control Number33008747
- LibraryThing4372005
Classifications
- LCCKD370 .S35 1738
Subjects
Genres
- Early works to 1800
Other Editions
- A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials, and impeachments for high-treason: from the reign of King Richard II, down to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteous 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 defences, IV. The several points of law arising, V. The event of the trial, or fate of the prisoner, &c. : in this abridgement are inserted several trials not to be found in any other collection, also some trials taken in haste are now brought into regular order, and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd : with several curious remarks on each trial, shewing what the law in criminal cases anciently was, and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this time : likewise, impartial memoirs of the times, and characters of the sufferers : to which is added, a compleat alphabetical index of the names of the prisoners tried, the times when, their crimes, and punishments
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