THE

LAW RELATING TO RIOTS

AND

UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES:

TOGETHER WITH

A VIEW OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS

OF

MAGISTRATES,

POLICE OFFICERS, SPECIAL CONSTABLES, THE MILITARY,
AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS,

FOR THEIR SUPPRESSION;

AND

A SUMMARY OF THE LAW AS TO ACTIONS AGAINST
THE HUNDRED.

Second Edition.

BY EDWARD WISE,/Esq.

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

London:

SHAW AND SONS, FETTER LANE.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

DEPOSITED BY THE HIPRARY OF THE

GRADUATE S GOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Cat-21,1939

LONDON:

Shaw and Sons, Printers, 136, 137, & 138, Fetter Lane.

TO THE MOST HONORABLE

JAMES BROWNLOW WILLIAM GASCOYNE,

MARQUESS OF SALISBURY, K. G.,

LORD LIEUTENANT

OF THE

COUNTY O F MIDDLESEX,

THIS LITTLE WORK IS, BY PERMISSION,

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

A SECOND EDITION of this little Work having been called for, the Author has added a few remarks upon the "Crown and Government Security Bill," which was announced after the First Edition was printed. Some minor additions and corrections have also been made, to render the Work more complete, and a copious Index, to facilitate reference.

MIDDLE TEMPLE,

June 5th, 1848.

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