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Excerpt from The Criminal Jurisprudence of the Ancient Hebrews: Compiled From the Talmud and Other Rabbinical Writings, and Compared With Roman and English Penal Jurisprudence Of the many excellent German works on the particular branch of Rabbinic lore treated of in these pages, I have consulted none, because I wished to let the ancient Hebrew sages speak for themselves, and not through the mouths of modern commentators. English works on this subject I have not seen, except a few articles liere and there, and Vargha schapter on the Defense in Criminal Cases with the Ancient Hebrews. Wines svaluable work treats of the Mosaic system only. Only works of generally recognized authority have been referred to for data of historical matters as well as of Greek, Roman, or English Law. Those most frequently cited are the following: Arnold. Introductory Lectures on Modern History, by Thomas Arnold, D. D. Edited by Henry Reed, M. A. Philadelphia, 1857. Beccaria. Of Crimes and Punishments, by Caesar Bonesana, Mqs. di Beccaria. Quoted after the German of M. Waldeck. Berlin, 1870. Blackstone. Commentaries on the Laws of England, by Sir William Blackstone. Edited and annotated by Christian Chitty and others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.