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John Philips, aged 117. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier.
Mercier, Philip, 1689?-1760.Reference: 1756i- Books
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Conductor generalis: or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, and overseers of the poor. As also the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c. Collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law. The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles. To which is added, a collection out of Sir Mathew Hales, concerning the descent of lands; with several choice maxims in law, and the office of mayors, &c.
Date: 1750- Pictures
An altercation between a plasterer and an idler leads to them both being covered in plaster and arrested by the police. Coloured magic lantern slides.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]Reference: 754977i- Books
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The 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, &c. Compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker, late one of the justices of the peace for Middlesex County, in New-Jersey; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a gentleman of the law. The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles. To which are added, (above what is in any other edition of this work,) the act called the Ten Pound Act, and the militia law of the state of New-York.
Date: 1788
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A parson accompanied by two constables on his way to visit prisoners in a parish lockup. Etching, 1778.
Date: Octr. 18 1778Reference: 36264i