1794 The Conductor Generalis: Or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices

Description: Conductor Generalis: Or the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables, Gaolers, Jury-Men, and Overseers of the Poor, as Also the Office of Clerks of Assize and of the Peace, etc, By a Gentleman of the Law, James Parker, Printed by Charles R. & George Webster, Albany, New York, 1794, 467 pp, full leather, 8.5 x 5”, 8vo. In as-is condition. Binding copy. Ex-library of The Mechanic’s Library Association, Lancaster PA. Antiquarian library markings throughout. Both boards detached. Spine desiccated and very worn. Boards are peeled, dry and worn. Corners rounded. Fly leaves detached. Text block in fair condition with typical toning and minimal foxing. Browned but not brittle. Free of known marginalia. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. Scarce Albany, New York imprint. “James Parker (1714-1770), late one of the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex County, New Jersey. The work was based primarily on English sources, including Richard Burns’ Justice of Peace, first published in England in the mid-18th century. Organized alphabetically, the work covers the broadest range of topics including arraignments, and arrests, bail, gaming, highways, homicide, indictments, larceny, oaths, pardons, search warrants and more. A fine source for the practice of everyday law in the early Federal period. RAREA1794DJKN

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