Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Crimes The scope of the original work has not been enlarged or chan ged in any manner. Neither has any attempt been made to vary the original classification except the addition of a very few, and perhaps inconsequential, sections to the sub-analysis. An effort has been made to preserve the original text so far as possible. At the same time the revisor has not hesitated to make such changes as the decisions warrant. Some considerable matter has been added by way of elucidation whenever such seemed advisable. It is believed that every criminal case decided since the is anauco of the original edition has been examined. Those mere ly cumulative have been rejected, but the aim has been to pre serve every case which serves in any manner to aid the student in understanding the principles. Few, if any, cases can be said to lay down new principles, but many adaptations of the old principle to new states of fact have been found. These illustrative, novel cases have been carefully and fully pre sented. H. B. L. 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.