A Companion to Murder: A Dictionary of Death by Poison, Death by Shooting, Death by Suffocation and Drowning, Death by the Strangler's Hand, 1900-1950. With a Note on the British Judicial SystemKnopf, 1961 - 303 páginas |
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... Old Bailey , during which time he helped to send many notorious murderers to the gallows , including George Joseph SMITH , the ' Brides in the Bath ' killer . As prosecutor , he conceived it to be his primary duty to place all the ...
... Old Bailey , during which time he helped to send many notorious murderers to the gallows , including George Joseph SMITH , the ' Brides in the Bath ' killer . As prosecutor , he conceived it to be his primary duty to place all the ...
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... Old Bailey before Mr. Justice SWIFT in the following September . Here is an extract from it : I lost my temper and gripped her round the throat . . . . She seemed to faint away and fell back out of my hands on to the floor . She did not ...
... Old Bailey before Mr. Justice SWIFT in the following September . Here is an extract from it : I lost my temper and gripped her round the throat . . . . She seemed to faint away and fell back out of my hands on to the floor . She did not ...
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... Old Bailey and primarily - in Humphreys ' case , exclusively - engaged in criminal work . Temperamentally , both men had much in common , although Travers Humphreys , for all his dry exterior , had a warmth that Avory lacked , a ...
... Old Bailey and primarily - in Humphreys ' case , exclusively - engaged in criminal work . Temperamentally , both men had much in common , although Travers Humphreys , for all his dry exterior , had a warmth that Avory lacked , a ...
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