Excerpt from The Law of Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Including Forms and PrecedentsThis work is designed to present in a compendious form the law of crimes and criminal procedure as established in the United States and administered in the state and national tribunals. It is intended to contain a complete statement of the common law, including such statutory enlargements and modifications as are of general application. Mere commentary and discussion have been avoided, the aim being to give in terse paragraphs an explicit statement of the existing law. Verbiage and needless repetition have been carefully guarded against, and the author has been solicitous, that his work throughout should be characterized by thorough accuracy and clearness. Where there is a conflict of ruling and opinion, he has cited the opposing authorities, or referred to authorities giving the opposing views, but has never hesitated to state as law in positive terms what appeared to him to be the correct doctrine according to the weight of reason and authority. The utmost care was observed in the matter of the citation of authorities with a special view to avoiding, not only inaccurate and wrong references, but more particularly the great evil of the useless and embarrassing multiplication of citations.The work is divided into four parts. Part first ("law of crimes in general") presents the general doctrines of the substantive criminal law and includes chapters on the subjects of "statutes and statutory construction" and "constitutional guaranties and limitations." Part second relates to "criminal procedure, " state and Federal. A special effort has been made to present this subject thoroughly in all its divisions and details. This part contains the law relating to criminal jurisdiction, pleading and evidence and the numerous topics falling under the general head of "practice." It also contains forms adapted to the various stages of criminal proceedings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.