English liberties or, the free-born subject's inheritance. Being a help to justices as well as a guide to constables, containing, I. Magna Charta, the petition of right, The Habeas Corpus Act, &c. With Comments upon each of them. The Proceedings in Appeals of Murder; The Work and Power of Parliaments, the Qualifications necessary for such as should be Chosen to that great Trust. The Advantage Englishmen enjoy by Trials by Juries; That they are Judges of Law as well as Fact; and are not Fineable, nor to be Punish'd, for going contrary to the Judges Directions. II. Of justices of the peace; their Oath, Office, and Power, in many Respects; With several Law-Cases Alphabetically Degested for Ease and Brevity, and Warrants proper thereto, concluding with Directions for Drovers, Badgers, Butchers, Toll-Keepers, and Clerks of the Market, &c. III. The coroner and constable's duty, Relating to Dead Bodies, Murder, Man-Slaughter, and Felo-de-se; Arrests, Escapes, and Conservation of the Peace. And Lastly, The Church-Warden, Overseer, and Scavenger's Duty at Large, in the most necessary Particulars. First compiled by Henry Care, and now inlarged with new and useful additions, by a wellwisher to his country. Dedicated to the Honourable House of Commons

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Care, Henry
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed and sold by Benj. Harris, at the Golden Bear's Head, in Grace Church-Street 1703, 1703
Subjects:	England And Wales / Test Act 1673 / Laws, Etc Magna Carta Great Britain / Constitutional Law Great Britain / Politics And Government
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0233500200?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa