PRINCIPLES OF THE CRIMINAL LAW OF SCOTLAND. BY ARCHIBALD ALISON, ADVOCATE. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH; AND T. CADELL, STRAND, LONDON. MDCCCXXXII. TO SIR WILLIAM RAE, BARONET, LATE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND, TO WHOSE LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENTS ITS CRIMINAL LAW IS SO GREATLY INDEBTED, AND BY WHOSE ABLE AND UNWEARIED EXERTIONS ITS PRACTICE HAS BEEN SO MUCH IMPROVED, THIS TREATISE IS INSCRIBED, WITH THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF REGARD AND ESTEEM, BY THE AUTHOR. |