ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND;

IN FOUR BOOKS.

BY SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. KNIGHT,

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

TOGETHER WITH

A COPIOUS ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS.

And Notes with References to English and American Decisions and Statutes to date.
which Illustrate or Change the Law of the Text; also, a

Full Table of Abbreviations, and

SOME CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE STUDY OF THE LAW.

By THOMAS M. COOLEY,

PROFESSOR OF LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND
AUTHOR OF 'CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS," &c.

VOL. 2. INCLUDING BOOKS III & IV.

THIRD EDITION - REVISED.

CHICAGO.

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In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

BOOK III. OF PRIVATE WRONGS.

PAGE

Of the Redress of Private Wrongs by the mere act of the Parties,

Of Redress by the mere Operation of Law,...

1

18

III.

Of Courts in General,...

IV.

Of the Public Courts of Common Law and Equity,

80

V. Of Courts Ecclesiastical, Military and Maritime,.

VI. Of Courts of a Special Jurisdiction,.

VII. Of the Cognizance of Private Wrongs,.

86

VIII. Of Wrongs and their Remedies, respecting the Rights of Persons,.

IX. Of Injuries to Personal Property.

115

144

X. Of Injuries to Real Property, and first, of Dispossession, or Ouster,

of the Freehold,...

XVII. Of Injuries proceeding from or affecting the Crown,

XVIII. Of the Pursuit of Remedies by Action; and first, of the Original

Proceedings on an Action of Trespass in Ejectment, by Original in

the King's Bench....

460

III

Proceedings on an Action of Debt in the Court of Common Pleas,

removed into the King's Bench by Writ of Error,..

Of Misprisions and Contempts affecting the King and Government, 119

Of Offences against Public Justice,..

Of Offences against the Public Peace,.

187

142

PAGE

CHAPTER XII

Of Offences against Public Trade,..

154

XIIL

.......

Of Offences against the Public Health, and the Public Police or

Economy,.

161

XIV.

Of Homicide,.

176

XV. Of Offences against the Persons of Individuals,.

XVI. Of Offences against the Habitations of Individuals,

XVII. Of Offences against Private Property,,

XXX. Of Reversal of Judgment,.

England,.

XVIII. Of the Means of Preventing Offences,.

XIX. Of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction,.

XX. Of Summary Convictions,.

XXI. Of Arrests,....

XXII. Of Commitment and Bail,.

XXIII. Of the several Modes of Prosecution,.

XXIV. Of Process upon an Indictment....

XXV. Of Arraignment and its Incidents,...

XXVI. Of Plea and Issue,

....

XXVII. Of Trial and Conviction,...

XXVIII. Of the Benefit of Clergy,....

XXIX. Of Judgment and its Consequences,

XXXI. Of Reprieve and Pardon,.

XXXII. Of Execution,.

XXXIII. Of the Rise, Progress and Gradual Improvements of the Laws of

Editor's Review,...

...

818

822

848

365

875

890

894

403

407

445

456

468

478

Record of an Indictment and Conviction of Murder at the Assizes,

Conviction of Manslaughter,...

477

479

8.

4.

Entry of a Trial Instanter in the Court of King's Bench upon a Col-

lateral Issue; and Rule of Court for Execution thereon,..

Warrant of Execution on Judgment of Death, at the General Gaol

delivery in London and Middlesex..

479

480

5.

Writ of Execution upon a Judgment of Murder before the King in

Parliament,......

48.