Comprehensive reference on English criminal law and evidence, from 1756 to 1870.
This edition compiles key cases and topics to help you understand how the law was applied across decades of English jurisprudence.
This volume presents a structured overview of criminal information, substantive law, and related procedures. It aggregates case law, statutes, and authoritative commentary in a way that supports study, research, and practical reference for legal professionals.
- Foundational principles of criminal information, including filing, form, and validity.
- Scope and treatment of major topics such as larceny, receivers of stolen property, and various offenses.
- Guidance on indictments, evidence, and trial practice drawn from historical cases.
Ideal for readers of legal history, law students, historians of English law, and practicing lawyers seeking context for how early modern and Victorian-era rules shaped modern criminal procedure.