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THE PRISONER AT THE BAR


BOOKS BY ARTHUR TRAIN




 THE PRISONER AT
 THE BAR

 SIDELIGHTS ON THE ADMINISTRATION
 OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 BY
 ARTHUR TRAIN
 Assistant District Attorney, New York County

 SECOND EDITION
 REVISED AND ENLARGED

 NEW YORK
 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
 1915




 Copyright, 1906, 1908, by
 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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 To
 ETHEL KISSAM TRAIN




PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION


The favorable reception accorded to the "Prisoner at the Bar," not
only in the United States but in England, and the fact that it has
won a place in several colleges and law schools as a reference book,
and in some instances as a sort of elementary text-book upon criminal
procedure, have resulted in a demand for a new edition. When the book
was written the author's sole intention was to present in readable form
a popular account of the administration of criminal justice. Upon its
publication he discovered to his surprise that it was the only book of
its exact character in the English language or perhaps in any other.
Reviewers pointed out that whereas there were annotated text-books
of criminal procedure and isolated articles on special topics, most
of them relating to the jury system, there was in existence no other
sketch of criminal justice as a whole, from arrest to conviction, based
upon either actual experience or hearsay.

This new edition has been indexed and is supplied with cross-references
to other works on allied subjects. A chapter has been added