THE HISTORY AND LAW OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS WITH AN ESSAY ON THE LAW OF GRAND JURIES BY E. INGERSOLL OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.

Philadelphia: 1849. Folio, 7" x 11". [2], 67pp. Original plain wrappers [spotted, worn]. Text generally clean, but with scattered margin spotting and contemporary learned marginalia. Good+.

A detailed, scholarly treatment of the Great Writ from its English origins, with much on its application in the United States. During the Civil War, Ingersoll was outraged that President Lincoln, rather than Congress, had suspended the Writ, and wrote critically of Lincoln's conduct. His essay on the Grand Jury traces its development in England and the United States.
FIRST EDITION. I Harv. Law Cat. 1014. Marke 465. Sabin 34740. Cohen 3607. Item #32863

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