Download or read book A Treatise on Criminal Law, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Wharton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on Criminal Law, Vol. 1 of 2 The Editor, after a careful examination of the text, concluded that any alteration was unnecessary. He has carefully examined all the recent cases, and inserted in the notes every case which has applied the principles laid down in the text decided since the appearance of the last edition. In this way citations to upward of nine thousand new cases have been made. At the end of each chapter, under the head of Points requested for the defence improperly refused, and erroneous charges, a state ment of cases designed as, Suggestions for the Defence, has been made. All those cases relating to the subject of a chapter in which a conviction has been set aside on appeal, either because the trial Judge has refused to affirm a point submitted by the defendant's attorney which ought to have been affirmed, or because there has been error in his charge to the Jury, have been collected and arranged. In every case the words of the point improperly refused or the erroneous charge are given. It is believed that a lawyer having a client to defend will find practical assistance in the preparation of his points from these collections of cases. It is thought that the addition of the date of the decision to the citation will be of use both to the busy lawyer, who desires to look at only the latest authorities, and to the student, who wishes to follow the development of the law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.