A PRACTICAL TREATISE UPON THE CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH AN APPENDIX OF PRECEDENTS, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, AND ALL PUBLIC IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. BY JOHN H. COLBY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW. ALBANY : WEARE C. LITTLE, LAW BOOKSELLER. 1868. THE NEW YORK 214155 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1901 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, BY JOHN H. COLBY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New York. C. VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS, PRINTERS, STEREOTYPERS AND BINDERS, ALBANY, N. Y. TO THE HON. ABRAM B. OLIN, A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, IN TESTIMONY OF THE SENSE WHICH THE AUTHOR ENTERTAINS OF THE KINDNESS HE HAS UNIFORMLY EXPERIENCED AT HIS HANDS, NO LESS THAN OF THE EXALTED ESTIMATION IN WHICH HE HOLDS THE TALENTS, LEARNING AND INTEGRITY WHICH HAVE |