A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials. Wherein are inserted, several trials not in any other collection. Also, some trials that were taken in haste and scarce intelligible, are brought into regular order; and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd. Likewise, remarks are made on each trial, shewing what the law in criminal cases anciently was; how it has been altered, and stands at this day. Together, with 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 their punishment. By Mr. Salmon.
by Salmon, Thomas (1679-1767)
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London: London: printed for Mess. J. R. & J. Hazard; W. Mears; J. Stone; J. Mechell; J. Applebee; C. Corbett; Ward and Chandler. M D CC XXXVII. [1737], 1737. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. Description: Folio (14¾ × 10¼ in): iv, 922, [8] p. (last page ads). Early calf. · Register: 2º: [A]² B-11A² 11B1 [*]² **². · Condition: Expertly rebacked and edged, with new label; toned and lightly foxed; fore edges of first two leaves and top edge of final leaf reinforced; dampstain in upper corner of first quarter of text; last few leaves rather worn with a dampstain at the top. · Comments: First edition. There were four editions of the State Trials in the eighteenth century, each fuller the last. Although the accounts come from many sources, most having no legal training, some having partisan interest, they were nevertheless a considerable source of learning about criminal law and procedure. The frequent pleas of the accused for the assistance of counsel and access to evidence leave a deep impression for anyone with a sense of empathy. Salmon was the editor of the first edition of the State Trials; as such, he was familiar with the sources from which the accounts were drawn, and has included some description of them in connection with the abridgments here presented, which was omitted from the original production. Hargrave, in the preface to his edition of the trials, criticized Salmon for the partisanship he displays in his remarks; nevertheless, he admits that Salmon's abridgments are useful and even allows that Salmon's strictures are not without any basis save party fervor. · References: Johnson 179 (2 copies); Worrall 15; Marvin 627; S&M 1:371(25); Holdsworth, HEL 12:137-129; ESTC T174071.
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- A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials. Wherein are inserted, several trials not in any other collection. Also, some trials that were taken in haste and scarce intelligible, are brought into regular order; and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd. Likewise, remarks are made on each trial, shewing what the law in criminal cases anciently was; how it has been altered, and stands at this day. Together, with 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 their punishment. By Mr. Salmon.
- Author
- Salmon, Thomas (1679-1767)
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- Leather
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- Used - Very Good
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- London: printed for Mess. J. R. & J. Hazard; W. Mears; J. Stone; J. Mechell; J. Applebee; C. Corbett; Ward and Chandler. M D
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1737
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- Johnson Imported Law Treatises; Criminal Law & Procedure;
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