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An abridgement of penal statutes, which exhibits at one view, in the following manner : The offences Punishments or penalties Mode of recovery Application of penalties, &c. Number of witnesses What Justices The enacting statutes by William Addington, Esq; one of the assisting magistrates of the police, at the publick office, Bow-Street. N.B. This book contains near four thousand different articles, to which are prefixed several observations for the proper exposition of the statutes; and, as a farther improvement to it, great pains have been taken in collecting all matters on the same subject under their proper heads, and in adding at the end a very correct and compleat index of the whole, with some references to those excellent reports of Sir James Burrow, on particular cases relative to the conduct of magistrates.

Author/creator Addington, William, Sir, 1728-1811
Format Electronic and Book
EditionThe second edition.
Publication InfoLondon : printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, law printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. For the author, (whose name is signed by himself on the title-page of every book) and sold by his appointment, at Mr. William Hall's, stationer, in Gerrard-Street, Soho, [1777?]
Description4 unnumbered pages, 657, 33 unnumbered pages ; 4⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
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General noteWith an index and errata.
General noteAt foot of title page, below imprint: N.B. The author, from the great expence of printing this work, finds it necessary to publish it on his own account; but any of the trade, to whom the usual allowance will be made, may have what number they please, at the above place; and for the convenience of gentlemen the same may be had of Mr. Addington, at the Public Office in Bow-Street. Price 16s. in boards.
General noteThe words "Price 16s. in boards." are enclosed in brackets.
General noteReproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T150436.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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