A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States: Comprising a Digest of the Penal Statutes of the General Government, and of Massachusetts ...Fred B. Rothman, 1996 - 688 pages The authors belief that the American criminal justice system was moving away considerably from the English system, led him to produce this treatise. He carefully searched the Reports of each State down to the present time, considering and citing each case under two separate heads; first, in reference to indictments, evidence, and practice, generally; and secondly, in reference to the particular offence. |
