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<blockquote>[Hawkins] is best known in the legal profession for his ''Pleas of the Crown'' (1716–21), a copy of which he presented to Oriel. This treatise may indeed have been his principal qualification for the coif. It was the first substantial exposition of English criminal law to be printed since that by Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634), and it represented a distinct advance in terms of analysis and detail. The masterpiece by Sir Matthew Hale (1609–1676), the ''Historia placitorum coronae'', was not published until 1736, and even then it did not supplant Hawkins, being an earlier composition. In the third edition of Hawkins, in 1739, references to Hale were inserted by G. L. Scott. Posthumous editions appeared in 1762, 1771 (by Thomas Leach), 1787, 1795, and 1824 (by John Curwood), and a summary was published in 1728 (second edition 1770). Hawkins also produced a new edition of the Statutes at Large in 1734–35, which was soon superseded by the edition of John Cay and Owen Ruffhead. <ref> J. H. Baker, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12687 "Hawkins, William (1681/2–1750)"], ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 7 June 2013. (Subscription required for access.)</ref></blockquote>
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}}[[wikipedia:William Hawkins (serjeant-at-law)|William Hawkins]] (1681 &ndash; 1750) was admitted to the [[wikipedia:Inner Temple|Inner Temple]] in 1700 or 1701; confusion exists due to another man in the records sharing his name.<ref>Humphry W. Woolrych, ''Lives of Eminent Serjeants-at-Law of the English Bar'' (Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1869), 513.</ref> In 1707 Hawkins was called to the bar. He later served as deputy chief justice of the Brecon circuit in 1719, and in 1724 he advanced to the rank of [[wikipedia:Serjeant-at-law|serjeant-at-law]].<ref>J. H. Baker, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.wm.edu/view/article/12687 Hawkins, William (1681/2–1750)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed Oct. 12, 2013.</ref> Hawkins began writing on legal matters in 1711. ''A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown'', first published in 1716, represented an advancement in both analysis and in detail when compared to the earlier exposition of English criminal law written by [[wikipedia:Edward Coke|Sir Edward Coke]] (1552 &ndash; 1634).<ref>Ibid.</ref> In addition to this book, Hawkins also edited an abridgment of ''Coke upon Littleton'', and a new edition of the ''Statutes at Large''.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
  
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'''Author:''' William Hawkins.
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Hawkin's P. C. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> includes the first edition (1761-1721) while [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 11 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref> lists the fourth edition (1762). [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe "Member: George Wythe"], accessed on September 16, 2013. </ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions (in two volumes) were published at London in 1716-21, 1724, 1739 and 1762." Because we don't know which edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library moved a mixed set (volume one, first edition 1716; volume two, second edition, 1726) from another rare book collection to the [[George Wythe Collection]].
  
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'''Title:''' ''A Treatise Of The Pleas Of The Crown, Or, A System Of The Principal Matters Relating To That Subject: Digested Under Their Proper Heads''.
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==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
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Mixed set: volume one is the first edition (1716); volume two is the second edition (1726). Set recently rebound in full maroon with black labels and marbled end papers. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.  
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'''Published:''' London, In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, (executrix of J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, esq;) for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe, jun., 1716-1726.  
 
  
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'''Edition:''' First edition, volume one; second edition, volume two; two volumes.
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637699133623 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991002832849703196 volume one] and [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991024340269703196 volume two] of this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
  
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Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as ''Hawkin's P. C. fol.'' and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to [[Dabney Carr]]. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> includes the first edition while [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on September 16, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions (in two volumes) were published at London in 1716-21, 1724, 1739 and 1762."
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/HawkinsTreatiseOfThePleasOfTheCrown1716Vol1.pdf Volume I] (26MB PDF)
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*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/HawkinsTreatiseOfThePleasOfTheCrown1716Vol2.pdf Volume II] (47MB PDF)
  
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
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*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
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*[[Wythe's Library]]
  
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View [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/25997 volume one] and [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/554116 volume two] of this book in William & Mary's online catalog.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 12:25, 8 March 2023

by William Hawkins

A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown
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Title page from A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, volume two, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author William Hawkins
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Published London: In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt (executrix of J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Walthoe and J. Walthoe, jun.
Date 1716-1726
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William Hawkins (1681 – 1750) was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1700 or 1701; confusion exists due to another man in the records sharing his name.[1] In 1707 Hawkins was called to the bar. He later served as deputy chief justice of the Brecon circuit in 1719, and in 1724 he advanced to the rank of serjeant-at-law.[2] Hawkins began writing on legal matters in 1711. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, first published in 1716, represented an advancement in both analysis and in detail when compared to the earlier exposition of English criminal law written by Sir Edward Coke (1552 – 1634).[3] In addition to this book, Hawkins also edited an abridgment of Coke upon Littleton, and a new edition of the Statutes at Large.[4]

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Listed in the Jefferson Inventory of Wythe's Library as Hawkin's P. C. fol. and given by Thomas Jefferson to Dabney Carr. We do not know which edition Wythe owned. The Brown Bibliography[5] includes the first edition (1761-1721) while Dean's Memo[6] lists the fourth edition (1762). George Wythe's Library[7] on LibraryThing indicates "Precise edition unknown. Folio editions (in two volumes) were published at London in 1716-21, 1724, 1739 and 1762." Because we don't know which edition Wythe owned, the Wolf Law Library moved a mixed set (volume one, first edition 1716; volume two, second edition, 1726) from another rare book collection to the George Wythe Collection.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Mixed set: volume one is the first edition (1716); volume two is the second edition (1726). Set recently rebound in full maroon with black labels and marbled end papers. Purchased through the generosity of Daniel W. Baran and Lena Stratton Baran, Class of 1936.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in volume one and volume two of this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

Full text

See also

External Links

Read volume one of this book in Google Books.

References

  1. ↑ Humphry W. Woolrych, Lives of Eminent Serjeants-at-Law of the English Bar (Wm. H. Allen & Co, 1869), 513.
  2. ↑ J. H. Baker, "Hawkins, William (1681/2–1750)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed Oct. 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Ibid.
  5. ↑ Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433
  6. ↑ Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 11 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  7. ↑ LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe", accessed on September 16, 2013.
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