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PER PENNSYLVANIA DIGEST. See JFright. PENNSYLVANIA BLACKSTONE. See Reed. PENNSYLVANIA STATE TRIALS, ^ee Hogan. PENROSE AND WATTS. See Pennsylvania Reports. PENRUDDOCKE, CHARLES. A Short Analysis of the Cri- minal Law of England, giving a General and Comprehensive View of Indictable Offences, their Punishments, and the Statutes that create them ; with Observations. 2d cd. By II. W. Wool- rych. 12mo. London. 1842. PERKINS, J, Conveyancing; a profitable Book, treating of the Laws of England, principally as they relate to Conveyancing. The Translation Revised and Corrected throughout; with Notes, for the Use of Students, additional References, and an Analytical Index. By R. J. Greening. 15th ed. 12mo. London. 1827. Lord Coke states, " that this little Treatise was wittily and learnedly composed and published in the reign of Edw. VI. ;" but he is mistaken, for it appeared in French as early as 1528, if not before. The English translations are, more or less, inaccurate, and have accumulated errors, except, perhaps, the last ; the French editions, therefore, are, gene- rally, to be preferred. It was formerly much esteemed, and is still regarded as an authority, though not equal to Littleton. Fulbeck says; " In Master Perkins' book be many commendable thinges, delivered by a ready conceit and pleasant method ; many excellent Cases which savour of great reading and good experience. His Treatise is, to young students, acceptable and precious, to whom his very faults and errors be delightful ; but, it might be wished that he had written with less sharpness of wit, so he had discoursed with more depth of judgment. For he breaketh the force of weighty points with the shivers of nice diversities, yet many things are to be allowed in him, many to be praised, so that the reader be carefull in his choice, wherein he was too careless." The substance of Perkins' Treatise is incorporated in The Touchstone. Fulbeck's Prep. 72; Co. Lit. 290, n. 5 ; North's Study of Law, 11 ; 1 Barton's Conv. 37 ; 1 Kent, 504 ; 4 Reeve, 420 ; 10 Co. Rep. Pref. 33 ; Eunomus, 15 ; 2 Peer. W., 714; 1 W. Bl. 477; Cowp. 203 ; Nic. Lib. 175. PERLEY, J. The Maine Justice. 8vo. Hallowell. 1823. PERPIGNA, A. The French Law and Practice, of Patents for Inventions, Improvements, and Importations. 8vo. Philadelphia. 1834. See Law Library. Perpigna on Patents is a very useful practical Treatise on the French 563