[Rarebooks] Justices of the Peace [III]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on justices of the 
peace and related subjects; for others, please feel free to 
browse our web site, where you may search our entire inventory by 
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1.  [MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LAW].  The Contentes of this booke. Fyrste
the Booke for a Iustice of peace. The boke that teacheth to kepe a
courte Baron, or a lete. The booke teachynge to kepe a courte
hundred. The boke called returna Brevium [etc.]. S.T.C. 14883;
Beale T154.  Imprinted . . . in Fletestreet . . . by Richard Tottil
[etc.], London, 1559.  Modern calf, extensive but unobtrusive
worming, repairs; sound. [65998 L65L78E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=65998   $ 2,500.00

The collection of highly practical treatises designed for justices
of the peace, sheriffs, bailiffs and other local officials first
printed by Pynson in 1505, including (as well as those above) Novae
Additiones, Carta Foedi and Exchequer Ordinance.

2.  MULTER, Jacob J.  The Farmers' Law Book and Town Officers'
Guide: Containing the Election, Qualifications and Duties of the
Supervisor, Justice of the Peace . . . and Executors and
Administrators. And the Laws Concerning . . . Animals . . . Strays
[etc.]. Cohen 7983.  Joel Munsell, Law Printer, Albany, 1851. Original sheep, 
morocco label, gilt, somewhat rubbed and some
foxing, but quite a good copy. [72029 XY]                $ 250.00

First edition of a reformist, even populist, work, seemingly
inspired by the enactment of the Field Code in 1849, informal and
straight-forward in tone and dedicated to, among others, the
state's farmers and mechanics; uncommon, five copies in OCLC.

3.  OKE, George C.  The Magisterial Synopsis: A Practical Guide
for Magistrates, Their Clerks, Attornies and Constables; Summary
Convictions and Indictable Offences, with Their Penalties,
Punishments, Procedure [etc.]. Tenth Edition. Two Volumes. Butterworths, 7, 
Fleet Street, Law Publishers [etc.], London, 1868. Original embossed cloth, a 
bit of foxing, but a very good set.
[62882 L70E] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=62882     $ 125.00

4.  [REFORM DURING THE INTERREGNUM].  William Shephard.  The
Justice of Peace His Clerks Cabinet: or A Book of Presidents, or
Warrants, fitted and made ready to his hand for every Case . . .
for The ease of the Justice of Peace, and more speedy dispatch of
Justice. Wing S3190 [two copies only in the UK].  Printed by D.
Maxwell, for William Lee, Daniel Parkman [etc.], London, 1660. Contemporary 
sheep, showing definite wear, yet still usable. [43262
C17XYL36L56L69L76] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=43262     $ 650.00

Sheppard's highly useful, even essential, handbook well explaining
how justices should go about issuing warrants, and what those
warrants should contain, providing information previously
unobtainable, and part of Sheppard's reform efforts.

5.  RICHARDSON, William M.  The New Hampshire Town Officer. Cohen
8299.  Published by Jacob B. Moore, Concord, 1829.  Contemporary
sheep, quite scuffed and worn, but a usable copy. [63823 XL56]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=63823
                                                          $ 125.00

An unusual instance of an intensely practical work written by an
appellate court judge, in this case appearing about midway through
Richardson's tenure as Chief Justice of New Hampshire for over two
decades; not in the 1909 Harvard Law Catalogue.

7.  ROSS, Philip.  The Government as a Source of Union Power, The
Role of Public Policy in Collective Bargaining.  Brown University
Press, Providence, 1965.  A good copy in a slightly worn
dustjacket. [30185]                                       $ 20.00

8.  SCROGGS, Will[iam].  The Practice of Courts-Leet, and
Courts-Baron . . . . With The manner of Drawing and Entring all
sorts of Presentments and Forfeitures . . . Also Curious Directions
for giving Charges to the Jury and Homage [etc.].  Printed for John
Deeve at Bernards-Inn Gate in Holbourn, London, 1701.  Contemporary
calf, worn, rebacked, some staining, else a good copy. [68375
XYACTL73L79] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=68375     $ 550.00

First edition of the only legal work of Scroggs, one-time Chief
Justice of King's Bench, detailing the working of the local or
franchise courts whose jurisdiction was as wide as English rural
life; one copy only in RLIN in this country (at Harvard).

9.  [SUMMARY CONVICTION].  William Boscawen.  A Treatise on
Convictions on Penal Statutes.  Printed for E. and R. Brooke, in
Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, London, 1792.  Contemporary calf, rubbed and
chipped, but still well preserved. [16013 C15XYL15L54L65L75E]
PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=16013
                                                          $ 650.00

Joseph Chitty's copy of the first edition of Boscawen's pioneering
treatise, authoritatively examining the summary powers of justices
of the peace to try and convict without a jury, a subject neglected
by Burn and others in their earlier treatises.

10.  [WHISKEY REBELLION].  The Conductor Generalis: Or, the Office, Duty and 
Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs . . . Compiled chiefly from 
Burn's Justice, and the several other Books . . . and now revised and adapted 
to the United States of America [etc.]. Cohen 7961.  Printed for Robert 
Campbell, Philadelphia, 1792.  Contemporary sheep, rubbed, browning, but a good 
copy. [66831 L70L71] PHOTO: 
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=66831 $ 450.00

The legal manual which essentially reigned for the entire 18th
century in this country, arranging the law alphabetically by
subject; this edition contains the revenue laws leading to the
Whiskey Rebellion of 1792, omitted from subsequent editions.

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