PRINCIPLES

OF THE

CRIMINAL LAW OF SCOTLAND.

PRINCIPLES

OF THE

CRIMINAL LAW OF SCOTLAND.

BY ARCHIBALD ALISON,

ADVOCATE.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND

T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON.

MDCCCXXXII.

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AN

PRINTED BY NEILL & co. OLD FISHMARKET.

TO

SIR WILLIAM RAE, BARONET,

LATE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND,

TO WHOSE LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENTS

ITS CRIMINAL LAW IS SO GREATLY INDEBTED,

AND

BY WHOSE ABLE AND UNWEARIED EXERTIONS

ITS PRACTICE HAS BEEN SO MUCH IMPROVED,

THIS TREATISE IS INSCRIBED,

WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF REGARD AND ESTEEM,

BY THE AUTHOR.