. A complete collection of state-trials and proceedings for high-treason : and other crimes and misdemeanors; from the reign of King Richard II. to the reign of King George II. With two alphabetical tables to the whole . •H E favourable Reception which tlie Firft Impreflion of this Wo r khas met with from the Pubhc, is a fufficient Recommendation of itin general 5 but perhaps it may not be unacceptable to the Reader topoint out fome of the particular Ufes and Advantages of it. C O LLE C TIO N S are chiefly intended for the Prefervation of ^^jf^^^^fj^f^^ feparate Pieces, which by being fcatterd
. A complete collection of state-trials and proceedings for high-treason : and other crimes and misdemeanors; from the reign of King Richard II. to the reign of King George II. With two alphabetical tables to the whole . •H E favourable Reception which tlie Firft Impreflion of this Wo r khas met with from the Pubhc, is a fufficient Recommendation of itin general 5 but perhaps it may not be unacceptable to the Reader topoint out fome of the particular Ufes and Advantages of it. C O LLE C TIO N S are chiefly intended for the Prefervation of ^^jf^^^^fj^f^^ feparate Pieces, which by being fcatterd up and down, are often nif/Jstudyl/ ^^^ length of Time either quite loft, or hard to be come at: this indeed ^/^^ Law,is a Care not worth beftowing on thofe which are of little or no Ufc ; but the Pieceshere prefervd are evidently fuch, as a CoUedion of them muft appear at firfl: fight verybeneficial to all ftudious Inquirers into the Laws of this Nation, cfpecially into thatprincipal Branch of them, which concerns the Life and Liberty of the Subjed : forfince the Laws of England are in a great meafure grounded upon immemorial Cuftomsand Ufages, the Precedents and Examples of former Times muft be fingularly uf
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