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 Digested 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; Arreste, Escapes, and Conservation of the Peace, The Church Warden, Over Seer, and Scavenger's Duty at Large, in the most necessary Particulars. And Lastly, An Abstract of the act now in force against Popery and Papists First compiled by Henry Care, and now inlarged with new and useful additions, by a wellwisher to his country.

Date:

[1703?]