A selection of leading cases in the criminal law : with notes

Walter Shirley Shirley

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A SELECTION OF
LEADING CASES IN THE
CRIMINAL LAW. i
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WALTER S. SHIRLEY, B.C.L., M.A.
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BAKRISTEE-AT-LAW, OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND NORTH-EASTERN CIRCUIT ADTIIOR OF
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" OF LEADING CASES IN THE COMMON LAW," " A SKETCH OF THE CRIMINAL LAW,A SELECTION
" AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MAGISTERIAL LAW," ETC., AND EDITOR OF
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TPREFACE.
This is, I believe, the first collection of Leading Cases in
the Criminal Law which has ever been published ; but it
is difficult to see why such a collection should not be as
useful in that as in any other branch of the law. At all
events, I do not doubt that the book will be found useful
possibly,— even entertaining—to students and young prac-
titioners, and it is to their attention principally that I
commend it.
I have to thank my learned friend, Mr. H. Warburton,
of the South Eastern Circuit, for the kind assistance in
the way of suggestion which he has given meand advice
during forthe whole time of the preparation of the work
the press. The value of such a collection as this must
"largel