Manuscript - Machatzit HaShekel on the Sma and the Shach Choshen Mishpat - Unidentified Author

Manuscript, complete composition by an unidentified author, on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, (Simanim 39-125). [Attractive Ashkenasi writing, characteristic to the Galicia-Poland area in the mid-19th century, c. 1860-1870].
Manuscript copied by a scribe with corrections and additions by another writer [apparently the author himself]. Novellae, explanations and corrections on the words of the Shach and the Sma. The author also quotes things from other books, primarily for Mishpat HaUrima in the book Netivot HaMishpat [first printed in 1809], and from the book Ma'ayan Ganim.
The back cover of the notebook is torn, and on the remnant is an inscription in another handwriting: "This book Machatzit HaShekel belong to… David Leibush".
Various authors wrote compositions which dealt with explaining the words of the poskim accompanying the Shulchan Aruch, similar to the commentary by the author of the Machatzit HaShekel, Rabbi Shmuel Kalin (1724-1806), who authored a special composition to explain the brilliant hints of the author of Magen Avraham on Orach Chaim. A similar composition on Choshen Mishpat was written by Rabbi Yisrael Matityahu Auerbach in his book Alfei Yisrael (Lvov, 1870) who describes his work on the title page of the book: "A new explanation and commentary revealing hidden… the kavanot of the words of our rabbis… the Sma and the Shach… similar to the book Machatzit HaShekel on the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim". According to our examination, the content of his composition is different from this manuscript. A similar composition was also written on Even HaEzer, by Rabbi Moshe Ya'agid of Bibrka (1840-1917) titled Machatzit HaShekel (Lemberg, 1873), "To clarify and illuminate the words of the Chelkat Mechokek and the Beit Shmuel… similar to the way of the Machatzit HaShekel".
40 leaves (80 written leaves). 23 cm. Good-fair
condition, stains and wear. Unbound.