[RICHMOND] A GUIDE TO MAGISTRATES: WITH PRACTICAL FORMS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES OUT OF COURT. TO WHICH ARE ADDED PRECEDENTS FOR THE USE OF PROSECUTORS, SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES, ESCHEATORS, CLERKS, &C.

Joseph Mayo

Richmond: A. Morris, 1860.

Full Leather. Second Edition. A collection of various indictments, warrants, and other forms issued by judges and officers of the peace, gathered by subject. Published in Richmond a year before the series of secessions which sparked the American Civil War, of particular interest is the section on laws specifically for people of color, either slave or free. Compiled and edited by Joseph Mayo, lawyer and mayor of Richmond, who would surrender the city to the Union Army. Some toning to the edges of the pages. A nice copy in calf, with a Black morocco label.

Very Good binding.
Item #288926

Price: $75.00