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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... jury has long since passed into forensic history . It was indeed a masterly performance . When he came to describe the actual shooting , he assumed , there in the crowded court- room under the spellbound eyes of the jury , the stealthy ...
... jury has long since passed into forensic history . It was indeed a masterly performance . When he came to describe the actual shooting , he assumed , there in the crowded court- room under the spellbound eyes of the jury , the stealthy ...
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... jury that the man who had assaulted Miss Fenwick was also the man who had killed her sweetheart . This proved more difficult . The jury were reminded that the shot had been fired from a distance of some eight yards . Where had M'Guigan ...
... jury that the man who had assaulted Miss Fenwick was also the man who had killed her sweetheart . This proved more difficult . The jury were reminded that the shot had been fired from a distance of some eight yards . Where had M'Guigan ...
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... jury retired to consider their verdict . They returned after an hour . ' Harry Pace ' , the foreman announced , ' met his death by arsenical poisoning administered by some person or persons other than himself , and in our view the case ...
... jury retired to consider their verdict . They returned after an hour . ' Harry Pace ' , the foreman announced , ' met his death by arsenical poisoning administered by some person or persons other than himself , and in our view the case ...
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