Brown (history, U. of Alberta) documents the evolution of the Canadian Criminal Code, largely through previously unpublished sources of the most important legislative initiatives that laid the foundation of the Canadian justice system and marked its departure from the legal traditions of England. He traces the history of the Code from its inception in 1888 to the legislation of 1892, and provides a thematic analysis, considering the content of the bill, the changes it made in both substantive and procedural law, and the amendments made in response to its circulation to the public and by Justice Minister Sir John Thompson's joint committee of the House and Senate. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Excerpt from The Criminal Code, 1892: 55-56 Victoria, Chap. 29; Together With an Act to Amend the Canada Temperance Amendment Act, 1888 Being Chapter 26 of the Same Session Sect. Page. 364. False accounting by Official 123 365. False statement by Official 123 366. False accounting by clerk 123 367. False statement by public Officer 124 368. Assigning property with intent to defraud creditors. 124 369. Destroying or falsifying books with intent to defraud 124 370. Concealing deeds or encumbrances or falsifying pedigrees 124 371. Frauds In respect to the registration of titles to land 124 372. Fraudulent sales of property 125 373. Fraudulent hypothecation of real property 125 374. Fraudulent seizures of land 125 375. Unlawful dealings with gold and silver..125. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.