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' | <head>A LETTER<lb/> | ||
TO THE<lb/> | |||
MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT CIRCUITS</head> | |||
<p>MR. ANTHONY HAMMOND presents his compliments<lb/> | |||
to the Members of the different Circuits, and begs to communicate<lb/> | |||
as follows:—</p> | |||
<p>Ever since last January there has been printing, at the<lb/> | |||
Government press, by Mr. Peel's directions, a Series of<lb/> | |||
Documents styled the Criminal Code. This Code contains—<lb/> | |||
1. A digest of the Judicial Decisions; 2. A Consolidation<lb/> | |||
and Condensation of the Enactments; 3. The Opinions of<lb/> | |||
the Text Writers; 4. The Law of Scotland and of France;<lb/> | |||
5. Suggestions for the Amendment of each particular<lb/> | |||
Title of the Criminal Law; 6. A Paper, ascertaining<lb/> | |||
those General Principles that should govern in the formation<lb/> | |||
of a Code of Criminal Jurisprudence, and ascertaining,<lb/> | |||
by comparison, in what particulars the English system, first in<lb/> | |||
the Abstract, and then in relation to Existing Institutions, is<lb/> | |||
perfect or imperfect; 7. The Code itself, properly so called,<lb/> | |||
reducing the Common or unwritten law to Writing, <hi rend="underline">and bringing</hi><lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">the Criminal Jurisprudence of This Country, Common</hi></p> | |||
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A LETTER
TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT CIRCUITS
MR. ANTHONY HAMMOND presents his compliments
to the Members of the different Circuits, and begs to communicate
as follows:—
Ever since last January there has been printing, at the
Government press, by Mr. Peel's directions, a Series of
Documents styled the Criminal Code. This Code contains—
1. A digest of the Judicial Decisions; 2. A Consolidation
and Condensation of the Enactments; 3. The Opinions of
the Text Writers; 4. The Law of Scotland and of France;
5. Suggestions for the Amendment of each particular
Title of the Criminal Law; 6. A Paper, ascertaining
those General Principles that should govern in the formation
of a Code of Criminal Jurisprudence, and ascertaining,
by comparison, in what particulars the English system, first in
the Abstract, and then in relation to Existing Institutions, is
perfect or imperfect; 7. The Code itself, properly so called,
reducing the Common or unwritten law to Writing, and bringing
the Criminal Jurisprudence of This Country, Common
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