VERDICT AND SENTENCE Famous Crimes Recalled

Hardcover. Foreword by Sir Basil Thomson. Featuring 19th century crimes which include : Mr. and Mrs. Manning; Franz Muller (the first train murder); James Cook; Elizabeth Avis Laws and Robert T. Palin; Thurtell and Hunt (the tragedy of John Thurtell); Dr. George H. Lamson (Case of the Dundee Cake); Lizzie Borden (the Fall River mystery); Edgar Edwards (the Leyton-Camberwell murders); Sidney H. Fox (a case of matricide); Norman Thorne (the Corpse in the Chicken Run); The Evangelista Massacre; Robert Higgins, Dr. J.H. Snook, Clarence Lukehart, Dr. K.B. Uhls and Frank Lennard, William N. Coffey, Adolph Hotelling; Edward Howard Ruloff (prince of rogues). 280pp. 8vo. h/back. Includes loosely inserted handwritten, alphabetical index, of all relevant people in the book, indicating on which page/s they are mentioned. A useful reference, painstakingly compiled by a previous owner (see images). V. lightly browned pp., sunned and v. sl. slanted sp. but still a Vg. copy of a scarce Guy Logan title.