COMMENTARIES

ON THE

Laws of England.

BOOK THE FOURTH.

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

THE SIXTEENTH EDITION,

WITH THE LAST CORRECTIONS OF THE AUTHOR ;

AND WITH NOTES

BY JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE, Esq.

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY A. STRAHAN,

LAW-PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY;
FOR T. CADELL IN THE STRAND;

AND J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON, FLEET-STREET.

1825.

CONTENTS.

BOOK IV.

Of PUBLIC WRONGS.

CHAP. I.

Of the NATURE of CRIMES; and their PUNISHMENT................

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