John Frederick Archbold
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John Frederick Archbold (1785–1870) was a barrister and legal writer. He was the first editor of the English criminal law textbook Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, which is still routinely used in court today.
Life
He was the second son of John Archbold of
In 1819, he published the first edition of what was perhaps his most notable work, "The Practice of the Court of King's Bench in Personal Actions and Ejectments" (London, 2 vols.
About 1824, Archbold published his "
In 1829, Archbold published a work upon the "Practice of the Court of Common Pleas". Afterwards the practice of all courts of common law at Westminster was assimilated and much altered by the statutes and new rules of law on the subject between 1831 and 1834. To meet the altered conditions he published his "New Practice of Attornies in the Courts of Law at Westminster", which appeared in 1838, was remodelled in 1844, and reached a third edition in 1846-7 (London, 2 vols. 8vo). On the passage of the Common Law Procedure Act 1852, he prepared "The New Rules of Practice in the Courts of Law" (London, 1853, 8vo), and "The New Practice, Pleadings, and Evidence in the Courts of Common Law at Westminster" (London, 1853, 12mo), which received a supplement in 1854, and attained a second edition in 1855 (London, 8vo).[1]
Archbold's treatises on parish law were among his most important elucidations of English law. In 1828, he published "The Law relative to the Commitments and Convictions by Justices of the Peace" (London, 12mo). This was the foundation of his "Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer" (London, 1840, 3 vols. 12mo), a work intended as a practical guide for county magistrates. The similar treatise by Richard Burn had become, through the editions of successive editors, rather a work of reference for lawyers than a guide for magistrates. A seventh edition of Archbold's work by James Paterson appeared in 1876 (London, 2 vols. 8vo). The third volume of the original edition, which dealt with "The Poor Law", was in especial demand, and developed into a separate treatise, which was still a standard authority on the subject in 1901; the twelfth (1873), thirteenth (1878), and fourteenth (1885) editions of the volume on "The Poor Law" were prepared by William Cunningham Glen, and the fifteenth (1898) by James Brooks Little. Archbold's last contribution to parish law was "The Parish Officer" (London, 1852, 12mo); a second edition by Glen appeared in 1855. With the fourth edition (1864) the editor, James Paterson, incorporated Shaw's "Parish Law", by Joseph Shaw. The eighth edition by John Theodore Dodd, appeared in 1895.[1]
Archbold died on 28 November 1870, at 15 Gloucester Street, Regent's Park, London. He is said to have been known as "pretty Archbold" (cf. An Appeal to the People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from James Wharton, York, 1836).[1]
Works
Besides the works already mentioned, he was the author of:
- A Digest of the Law relative to Pleading and Evidence in Actions, Real, Personal, and Mixed, London, 1821, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1837.
- The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy, 2nd edit. by John Flather, London, 1827, 12mo; 11th edit. by Flather, 1856.
- The Jurisdiction and Practice of the Court of the Court of Quarter Sessions, London, 1836, 12mo; 3rd edit. by George Sherston Baker, 1898, 8vo.
- The Law of Nisi Prius, London, 1843-5, 2 vols. 8vo; vol. i. 2nd edit. 1845, 12mo; 3rd American edition by John K. Findlay, 1853.
- The Practice of the Crown Office of the Court of Queen's Bench, London, 1844, 12mo.
- The Law of Landlord and Tenant, London, 1846, 12mo; 3rd edit. 1864.
- The Law relating to Examinations and Grounds of Appeal in Cases of Orders of Removal, London, 1847, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1858.
- The Practice of the New County Courts, London, 1847, 12mo; 9th edit. by John Vesey Vesey Fitzgerald, 1885, 8vo; 10th edit. by Charles Arnold White, 1889.
- A Summary of the Laws of England in four Volumes, London, 1848-9, 12mo; only vols. i. and ii. appeared.
- The Law relative to Pauper Lunatics, London, 1851, 12mo; afterwards included in his "Poor Law".
- The New Rules and Forms regulating the present Practice and Proceedings of the County Courts, London, 1851, 12mo.
- The New Statutes relating to Lunacy, London, 1854, 12mo; 2nd edit. by W. C. Glen and Alexander Glen, 1877, 8vo; 4th edit. by Sydney George Lushington, 1895.
- The Law of Limited Liability, Partnership, and Joint Stock Companies, London, 1855, 12mo; 3rd edit. 1857.
- The Law and Practice of Arbitration and Award, London, 1861, 12mo.
- The Law of Bankruptcy and Insolvency as founded on the recent Statute, London, 1861, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1861.
Archbold also edited and annotated editions of numerous
Notes
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Carlyle, Edward Irving (1901). "Archbold, John Frederick". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. Volume 1. Pages 54–56.
- Carlyle, E I; Lobban, Michael. "Archbold, John Frederick (1785–1870)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/614. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)