The Prisoner at the Bar: Sidelights on the Administration of Criminal Justice

THE PRISONER AT THE BAR
SIDELIGHTS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ARTHUR TRAIN
Assistant District Attorney, New York County
SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1915
Copyright, 1906, 1908, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
ETHEL KISSAM TRAIN
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
The favorable reception accorded to the Prisoner at the Bar, not only in the United States but in England, and the fact that it has won a place in several colleges and law schools as a reference book, and in some instances as a sort of elementary text-book upon criminal procedure, have resulted in a demand for a new edition. When the book was written the author's sole intention was to present in readable form a popular account of the administration of criminal justice. Upon its publication he discovered to his surprise that it was the only book of its exact character in the English language or perhaps in any other. Reviewers pointed out that whereas there were annotated text-books of criminal procedure and isolated articles on special topics, most of them relating to the jury system, there was in existence no other sketch of criminal justice as a whole, from arrest to conviction, based upon either actual experience or hearsay.