Foster's Crown Law
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A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746, in the County of Surry; And of Other Crown Cases: to which are Added Discourses Upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law, usually called simply Crown Law or Crown Cases, is an influential treatise on the criminal law of England, written by Sir Michael Foster (1689 - 1763), judge of the King's Bench
and later edited by his nephew, Michael Dodson
, barrister at law. It was first published in 1762. The third edition, edited by Dodson, and with an appendix containing new cases, was published in 1792 and seems to have been republished in 1809.
The book is divided into two sections. The first part, The Report, usually called Crown Cases, is a series of law reports
. The second part, The Discourses, usually called Crown Law is essentially a textbook. The Report covers the trials of the participants in the second Jacobite Rising of 1745
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King's Bench
The Queen's Bench is the superior court in a number of jurisdictions within some of the Commonwealth realms...
and later edited by his nephew, Michael Dodson
Michael Dodson
-Life:The only son of Joseph Dodson, dissenting minister at Marlborough, Wiltshire, he was born there in September 1732. He was educated at Marlborough grammar school, and then, in accordance with the advice of Sir Michael Foster, justice of the king's bench, was entered at the Middle Temple 31...
, barrister at law. It was first published in 1762. The third edition, edited by Dodson, and with an appendix containing new cases, was published in 1792 and seems to have been republished in 1809.
The book is divided into two sections. The first part, The Report, usually called Crown Cases, is a series of law reports
Law Reports
The Law Reports is the name of a series of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.The Council maintains that they are "'the most authoritative reports' and should always be 'cited in preference where there is a choice'." This series is now divided into four main...
. The second part, The Discourses, usually called Crown Law is essentially a textbook. The Report covers the trials of the participants in the second Jacobite Rising of 1745
Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Jacobite rising of 1745, often referred to as "The 'Forty-Five," was the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The rising occurred during the War of the Austrian Succession when most of the British Army was on the European continent...
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External links
Third edition of this book from Google BooksGoogle Book Search
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- 1792 print http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4ZI0AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPR1,M1
- Another copy of the 1792 print http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=I3EDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover
- 1809 Reprint http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=anEDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPR1,M1