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THE

Magistrate's Manual;

OR,

A SUMMARY

OF THE

DUTIES AND POWERS

OF

A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,

CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM

THE BEST AUTHORITIES;

WITH

EXTRACTS FROM ADJUDGED CASES AND THE STATUTES
TO THE 56TH GEORGE III. 1816.

WITH

A COPIOUS COLLECTION OF

Precedents of Summonses, Warrants, Convictions, &c.

THE SECOND EDITION,

WITH VERY CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.

BY WILLIAM TOONE,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND CLERK TO THE MAGISTRATES
ACTING FOR THE DIVISION OF NEW BRENTFORD, MIDDLESEX.

London:

PRINTED FOR JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH AND SON,

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WILLIAM WATSON, ESQ.

CHAIRMAN OF THE QUARTER SESSIONS,

FOR THE

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,

&c. &c. &c.

WHOSE ABILITY AND INTEGRITY

ARE UNQUESTIONABLE PLEDGES

FOR HIS FAITHFUL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

IN THAT DISTINGUISHED SITUATION,

THE FOLLOWING WORK

IS WITH MUCH RESPECT

INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

GT

PREFACE.

THE rapid sale of a large impression of this Work has confirmed the Author's opinion of its practical utility. A Second Edition within a short period, affords a decisive proof of the estimation in which it is held by Magistrates and others, as a Manual suited to the despatch of business at Petty Sessions, &c. where facility of reference and Forms adapted to all occasions are so indispensably requisite,

The utmost care and attention have been used to render the various Precedents correct and applicable to their several purposes; and the Author is much flattered in finding that an eminent Writer on Criminal Law has borne testimony to their utility and accuracy by adopting them in his recent valuable Work on that subject.

It has been thought proper in this Edition to introduce much new matter, and to notice some

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