ΤΟ The Commissioners of the Code, in pursuance of the Act of April 6th, 1857, beg leave to submit to you this draft of a PENAL CODE, and to invite your examination of it, and such suggestions as may occur to you. You will please to consider this volume as private in your hands, and return it to one of the Commissioners on or before the first of May next. Very respectfully, DAVID DUDLEY FIELD, NEW YORK, April 2, 1864. OF A PENAL CODE FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PREPARED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CODE, AND SUBMITTED TO THE JUDGES AND OTHERS FOR EXAMINATION, ALBANY: WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS. |