Sir Matthew Hale, Knt. SOME TIME Lord Chief JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH. FIRST PUBLISHED FROM HIS LORDSHIP'S ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, AND THE SEVERAL REFER- SOLLOM EMLYN OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ. WITH A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS. First American Edition. WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES TO LATER CASES BY W. A. STOKES AND E. INGERSOLL OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. Philadelphia: ROBERT H. SMALL 25 MINOR STREET. 1847. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847, by ROBERT H. SMALL, In the office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS. A. A. & E., Adolphus & Ellis Reports, Addams, Reports, (Ecclesiastical). Am. Jur., American Jurist. Arch., Cr. L. Archibold Criminal Plead- Arch. P. Q. B., Archbold Practice in the Queen's Bench, Ash., Ashmead Reports, (Pennsylvania). B. Bac. Abr., Bacon's Abridgment. B. & Ad., Barnewall & Adolphus Re- B. & A., Barnewall & Alderson Reports, (King's Bench). B. & C., Barnewall & Creswell Reports, Barr, State Reports, (Pennsylvania). Bing., Bingham Reports, (Com. Pleas.) Binn., Binney Reports, (Pennsylvania). Brayt., Brayton Reports, (Vermont). B. & B., Broderip & Bingham Reports, Br., Browne Reports. (Pennsylvania). Burn, Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. Burr., Burrow Reports, (King's Bench). C. Caines, Reports, (New York). Call, Reports, (Virginia). Camp., Campbell Reports, (Nisi Prius). Cam. & Nor., Cameron & Norwood Reports, (N. Carolina.) Car. C. L., Carrington's Criminal Law. C. & K., Carrington & Kirwan Reports, (Nisi Prius). | C. & M., Carrington & Marshman Rcports, (Nisi Prius). C. & P., Carrington & Payne Reports, (Nisi Prius). Car. Law Repos., Carolina Law Reposi- Carth., Carthew Reports, (King's Bench.) 66 Chit. C. L., Chitty's Criminal Law. Clayt., Clayton Reports. Cond. R., Condensed Rep. Court United States). Supreme Conf. R., Conference Reports, (North Conn., Connecticut Reports. Const. R., Constitutional Reports, (South Cooke, Reports, (Tennessee). Crompt., Crompton's Justice of the Peace. D: Dall., Dallas Reports, (Pennsylvania). Day, Reports, (Connecticut). Deacon's Abridgment of G. Gale &. D., Gale & Davidson Reports, Gall. C. C., Gallison Reports, (United G. & J. Gill & Johnson Reports, Gill. & Johns. (Maryland). H. Hagg., Haggard Reports, (Admiralty). Har. & J., Harris & Johnson Reports, Har. & McH., Harris & McHenry Re. Iredell, Reports, (North Carolina). Jenk., Jenkins Centuries. Jerv. Arch. C. L., Archbold's Criminal K. Keb., Keble Reports, (King's Bench). Mad. R., Maddock Reports, (Chancery). Marsh., Marshall Reports, (Kentucky). Mass., Massachusetts Reports. (Hale). M. & Rob., Moody & Robinson Reports, (Nisi Prius). M. & S., Maule & Selwyn Reports, (King's Bench). M. & W., Meeson & Welsby Reports, (Exchequer). M'Cord, Reports, (South Carolina). Meigs, Reports, (Tennessee). Mood. Mood. C. C. M. C. C. R. Moody Crown Cases Re served. Moreh. & Br., Morehead & Brown Digest, (Kentucky Laws). M. & M., Moody & Malkin ReMood. & Mal. ( ports. (Nisi Prius). Monr., Monroe Reports, (Kentucky). Munf., Munford Reports, (Virginia). Murph., Murphy Reports, (North Carolina). Q. Q. B., Queen's Bench. R. Salk., Salkeld Reports, (King's Bench, &c.) Saund., Saunders Reports. Serg. on Cons., Sergeant on the Consti tution. Shepl., Shepley Reports, (Maine). Smith Laws, (Pennsylvania). Paine, Reports, (United States 2d Cir- Staun. Peck, Reports, (Tennessee). Penn. Reps., Pennsylvania Reports. Peters St. at Large,United States Statutes. C. C. R., Reports, (United States 3d Circuit). P. Wms., Peere Williams' Reports. Ph. Ev., Phillips on Evidence. Stark. on Ev., Starkie on Evidence. Stew., Stewart Reports, (Alabama). St. Tr., State Trials. Stanton, Reports, (Ohio). Steph. C. L., Stephen Criminal Law. 46 Comms. 66 Commentaries. Sto. on Cons., Story on the Constitu tion. Sto. Reps., Story Reports, (United States 1st. Circuit). Summ. MS., Hale's Summary, (Manuscript). Sumn., Sumner Reports, (United States 1st Circuit). |