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An enquiry into the extent of the power of juries, : on trials of indictments or informations, for publishing seditious, or other criminal writings, or libels, extracted from a miscellaneous collection of papers that were published in 1776, intituled, Additional papers concerning the province of Quebec

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1792.
Call number: 286319
Creator: Maseres, Francis (1731-1824)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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