CONDUCTOR GENERALIS: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, HIGH- SHERIFFS, UNDER-SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES, GOALERS, JURY-MEN, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. AS ALSO, THE OFFICE OF CLERKS OF ASSIZE AND OF THE PEACE, &c. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SEVERAL CHOICE MAXIMS IN LAW, &c. COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM BURN'S JUSTICE, AND THE SEVERAL OTHER BOOKS ON THOSE SUBJECTS
Parker, James, compiler
Published by John Patterson, for Robert Hodge, New York, 1788
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xvi,539pp. Contemporary sheep, leather label, gilt. Joints slightly tender, covers worn, ink inscriptions on front board. "Boyd 1796" written in ink on bottom edge of textblock. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and rear free endpaper. Slight soiling and foxing, minor browning. A good copy. A later 18th-century edition of this popular handbook for justices of the peace and other principle officers responsible for ensuring that laws are properly enforced. Cohen records twelve editions, of varying lengths and contents, published between 1711 and 1819. Compiled by James Parker, former Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the work was based primarily on English sources, including Richard Burn's JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, first published in England in the mid-18th century. Organized alphabetically, the work covers the broadest range of topics including arraignments and arrests, bail, gaming, highways and homicide, indictment, larceny, oaths, pardons, search warrants, vagrants, and warrants. A second part of the text is devoted to the duties of sheriffs, under-sheriffs, juries, and jailers. A fine source for the practice of everyday law in the early Federal period. EVANS 21359. ESTC W37507. SABIN 58682. COHEN 7959. OCLC 7673555, 16179724, 40823139, 8178483. Seller Inventory # WRCAM36686
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Title: CONDUCTOR GENERALIS: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY AND...
Publisher: John Patterson, for Robert Hodge, New York
Publication Date: 1788
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CONDUCTOR GENERALIS: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, HIGH-SHERIFFS, UNDER-SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES, GOALERS, JURY-MEN, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. AS ALSO, THE OFFICE OF CLERKS OF ASSIZE AND OF THE PEACE, &c. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SEVERAL CHOICE MAXIMS IN LAW, &c. COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM BURN'S JUSTICE, AND THE SEVERAL OTHER BOOKS ON THOSE SUBJECTS
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Full leather binding, with black leather title label, gilt ruled on spine. 8vo. xvi, 539pp. Very good. COHEN 7959 EVANS 21359. Seller Inventory # 62206
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CONDUCTOR GENERALIS: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, HIGH-SHERIFFS, UNDER-SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES, GOALERS, JURY-MEN, AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. AS ALSO, THE OFFICE OF CLERKS OF ASSIZE AND OF THE PEACE, &c. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SEVERAL CHOICE MAXIMS IN LAW, &c. COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM BURN'S JUSTICE, AND THE SEVERAL OTHER BOOKS ON THOSE SUBJECTS.
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New York: John Patterson, for Robert Hodge, 1788., 1788
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
A later 18th-century edition of this popular handbook for justices of the peace and other principle officers responsible for ensuring that laws are properly enforced. Cohen records twelve editions, of varying lengths and contents, published between 1711 and 1819. Compiled by James Parker, former Justice of the Peace in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the work was based primarily on English sources, including Richard Burn's JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, first published in England in the mid-18th century. Organized alphabetically, the work covers the broadest range of topics including arraignments and arrests, bail, gaming, highways and homicide, indictment, larceny, oaths, pardons, search warrants, vagrants, and warrants. A second part of the text is devoted to the duties of sheriffs, under-sheriffs, juries, and jailers. A fine source for the practice of everyday law in the early Federal period. EVANS 21359. ESTC W37507. SABIN 58682. COHEN 7959. OCLC 7673555, 16179724, 40823139, 8178483. xvi,539pp. Contemporary sheep, leather label, gilt. Joints slightly tender, covers worn, ink inscriptions on front board. "Boyd 1796" written in ink on bottom edge of textblock. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and rear free endpaper. Slight soiling and foxing, minor browning. A good copy. Seller Inventory # 36686
Quantity: 1 available