See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

STATE TRIALS  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a name which primarily denotes all trials See also:

• RELATING

relating to offences against the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, but in practice is often used of cases illustrative of the law relating to state See also:

• OFFICERS

officers or of See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international or constitutional law . The first collection of accounts of state trials was published in 1719 in four volumes . Although without an editor's name, it appears that See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SALMON
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

Salmon (1679-1767), an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical and See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical writer, was responsible for the collection . A second edition, increased to six volumes, under the editorship of Sollom See also:

• EMLYN, THOMAS (1663–1741)

Emlyn (1697-1754), appeared in 173o . This edition contained a lengthy See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface critically See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying the See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of English law at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . A third edition appeared in 1742, in eight volumes, the seventh and eighth volumes having been added in 1835 . Ninth and tenth volumes were added in 1766, and a See also:

• FOURTH

fourth edition, comprising ten volumes, with the trials arranged chronologically, was published the same See also:

• YEAR

year . A fifth edition, originated by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• COBBETT, WILLIAM (1766-1835)

Cobbett, but edited by Thomas See also:

• BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES (1797–1839)

Bayly See also:

• HOWELL, JAMES (c. 1594-1666)

Howell (1768-1815) and known as Cobbett's See also:

• COMPLETE

Complete Collection of State Trials, was published between 1809 and 1826 . This edition is in See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-three volumes; twenty-one of them, giving the more important state trials down to 1781, were edited by T . B . Howell, and the remaining volumes, bringing the trials down to 182o, by his son Thomas See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones Howell (d . 1858) .

A new See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, under the direction of a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee, was projected in 1885, with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of bringing the trials down to a later date . Eight volumes were published in 1888-1898, bringing the See also:

• WORK

work down to 1858 . The first three of these were edited by See also:

• SIR

Sir J . See also:

• MACDONELL, JAMES (1841-1879)

Macdonell, the remaining five by J . E . P . See also:

• WALLIS, JOHN (1616-1703)

Wallis . Selections have also been edited by H . L . See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen and others . The trials are invaluable not only for their reports of criminal cases, in which the whole course of criminal See also:

• PROCEDURE (Fr. procedure, from Lat. procedere, to go for-ward)

procedure and See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence may be traced, but for their historical See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information .