3887 A REVIEW OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, THE BRITISH PROVINCES, * AND WEST INDIA ISLANDS: WITH SELECT PRECEDENTS AND OBSERVATIONS UPON DIVERS ACTS or PARLIAMENT AND ACTS OF ASSEMBLY, AND A COMPARISON OF THE COURTS OF LAW AND PRACTICE THERE WITH THAT OF WESTMINSTER HALL. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM OTRIDGE, NO. 134, AND ADVERTISEMENT. MR. SMITH, obferves in his History of New York, that no good general History of America can ever be expected, till Gentlemen of Leifure and Information will draw up particular Accounts of the refpective Colonies with which they are intimately acquainted; and the fame Observation applies as to their LAWS: The United |