PRECEDENTS

OF

INDICTMENTS AND PLEAS.

OF

INDICTMENTS AND PLEAS.

ADAPTED TO THE USE BOTH OF THE

COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

AND THOSE OF ALL THE

SEVERAL STATES:

TOGETHER WITH NOTES ON

CRIMINAL PLEADING AND PRACTICE,

EMBRACING THE

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORITIES GENERALLY.

AUTHOR OF

BY

FRANCIS WHARTON, LL. D.,

A TREATISE ON AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW;" A TREATISE ON THE
LAW OF HOMICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES;' A TREATISE ON
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE," ETC., ETC.

THIRD AND REVISED EDITION.

VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:

KAY AND BROTHER, 17 & 19 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,

LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS.

1871.