UNIY, OF MICH. LAW LIBRARY.

REPORTS

OF

CRIMINAL LAW CASES,

DECIDED AT THE

CITY-HALL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,

Southern District of New York, to wit!

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the nineteenth day of August, in the forty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America, GOULD & BANKS, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"Reports of Criminal Law Cases, decided at the City Hall of the City "of New York. With Notes and References. By Jacob D. Wheeler, "Councellor at Law."

IN CONFORMITY to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, "charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during "the times therein mentioned;" and also, to the act, entitled, "An act sup"lementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by "securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching "historical and other prints."

JAMES DILL,

Clerk of the Southern District of New York.

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THE PATRONS OF THIS WORK.

Having completed the first volume of Criminal Law Cases, the author cannot omit the opportunity of expressing his gratitude to an enlightened and liberal profession, for the manner it has been received by them. It is with mixed sentiments of pride and thankfulness he acknowledges it. The publication was begun under the most unfavorable circumstances— without a single subscriber, and without the assurance of any the book has, however, spoken for itself, and has been heard; a long list of the most respectable members of the profession in this State and elsewhere, now patronize it, and the list is daily increasing.

Under auspices so flattering, it is his determination to continue the work another year; and he assures his patrons and those who may choose to become friendly to it, that no industry or perseverance shall be wanting to make the work deserving the respectful notice it has received from a profession, whose least merit is an ability to judge, and a frank-` ness to decide what is, and what is not, worthy their attention.