The penal statutes abridged, and alphabetically arranged : Calculated to serve the desirable end of an alphabetical common place book of the penal laws. Exhibiting at one view. The nature of the offence; the penalty annexed to it, for the first, second, and third offence; the number of witnesses and magistrates necessary to conviction; the application of the penalty; the manner of prosecuting and recovering the penalty. To which is prefixed, A collection of maxims and rules for the proper exposition of statutes; the whole being essentially necessary for the due administration of public justice. By George Clark, Esq. The second edition, with great additions and improvements, By George Wilson, serjeant at law.