The law of crimes and misdemeanors. With the means of their prevention and punishment. Exhibiting, the pleas of the state against the offenders of society, under the following heads. I. The general nature of crimes and punishments. II. The persons capable of committing crimes. III. Their several degrees of guilt, as principals or accessories. IV. The several species of crimes, with the punishment annexed to each by the law. V. The means of preventing the perpetration of crimes. VI. The method of inflicting those punishments, which the law has annexed to each several crime and misdemeanor. Containing a valuable code of criminal law; being the complete book, of the celebrated Judge Blackstone's commentaries on public wrongs.

People / Organizations

• William Blackstone (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXII. [1772]

Publication year

1772-1772

ESTC No.

W39173

Grub Street ID

349923

Description

[10],436,vii,[41]p. ; 4⁰

Note

A reissue with added title page of "Commentaries on the laws of England. Book the fourth. By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of His Majesty's judges of the Court of Common Pleas. .. America: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia. DCCLXXII [i.e., 1772]." The list of subscribers has been omitted.Citation/references Bristol, B3426

Shipton & Mooney, 42314