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''A Treatise of Pleas of the Crown; or, a system of the principal matters relating to that subject, digested under proper heads'' is an influential treatise on the criminal law of England, written by William Hawkins,
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, and later edited by John Curwood,
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. It was first published in 1716 and went through eight editions, the last
Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice ''Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice'' (usually called simply ''Archbold'') is the leading practitioners' text for criminal lawyers in England and Wales and several other common law jurisdictions around the world. It has been in p ...
, table of abbreviations gives date of last edition
of which was published in 1824. It is often cited as "Hawk.P.C." or some similar variation on this.


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Books of authority Books of authority is a term used by legal writers to refer to a number of early legal textbooks that are excepted from the rule that textbooks (and all books other than statute or law report) are not treated as authorities by the courts of England ...


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* Eighth edition of this book (1824) from
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: ** Volume 1 (''Of criminal offences''

** Volume 2 (''Of courts of criminal jurisdiction and the modes of proceeding therein''

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