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EDINBURGH AND LONDON

THE CRIMINAL LAW.

A CONCISE EXPOSITION OF THE NATURE OF CRIME,
THE VARIOUS OFFENCES PUNISHABLE BY THE ENGLISH LAW,

THE LAW OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE,
AND THE LAW OF SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.

WITH

TABLE OF OFFENCES, THEIR PUNISHMENTS AND STATUTES :

TABLES OF CASES, STATUTES, &c.

BY

SEYMOUR F. HARRIS, B.C.L., M.A. (Oxon.),
AUTHOR OF “A CONCISE DIGEST OF THE INSTITUTES OF GAIUS AND JUSTINIAN.”

THIRD EDITION.

REVISED BY THE AUTHOR

AND

AVIET AGABEG,
OF THE INNER TEMPLE, AND OF THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

LONDON:
STEVENS AND HAYNES,

Law Publishers,
BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR.

BRARY

TO

WILLIAM BARBER, ESQ., Q.C.,

PRESIDENT OF THE

JURISPRUDENCE DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS, 1883;

PROFESSOR OF

REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE INNS OF COURT,

WHOSE INTEREST

IN THE EXPOSITION OF THE LAW

IS NOT CONFINED TO ANY ONE SECTION OF LEGAL SCIENCE.