A HANDY BOOK

ON

CRIMINAL LAW,

APPLICABLE CHIEFLY TO

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS.

BY

W. CAMPBELL SLEIGH, Esq.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

"It is incumbent upon every man to be acquainted with those laws at least with
which he is immediately concerned."-BLACKSTONE.

LONDON:

G. ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET.

NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET.

1858.

[The Author reserves the right of translation.]

PREFACE.

THE object of this little Treatise is :

To supply the Merchant and Tradesman with such an exposition of those laws which most commonly concern their every-day transactions as shall, to some extent, enable them to guard against the knavery and imposition so frequently practised with success on the commercial community.

THE TEMPLE,

November, 1858.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.-DEFINITION OF AN OFFENCE-OF CRIMINAL

IRRESPONSIBILITY.-OF FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS.-

OF THE GRAND JURY

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1

CHAPTER II.

OF LARCENY, OR THEFT.-WHAT PROPERTY MAY BE THE

THEFT.-DEFINITION OF LARCENY.-DIS-

SUBJECT OF

OF FRAUDS BY BANKERS, AGENTS, AND OTHERS ENTRUSTED

OF FRAUD, CHEATING, AND OBTAINING PROPERTY BY FALSE

PRETENCES

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OF FORGERY

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