HANGING MATTERS True Australian Crime Series No. 4
Author: Bridgman (Hal)
Year: 1948
Publisher: Invincible Press
Edition Details: 1st Australian Edn.
Book Condition: NrVg.
Price: £30.00
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Softcover. True Australian Crime Series No. 4. Three men had appointments with the hangman - "The Man Who Didn't Come to Dinner," "The Man Who Signed His Crime," and "The Man Of Two Minds." The author, a crime reporter who reported their trials, and attended their executions, tells the stories of their crimes and their punishment in dramatic detail. Featuring : David Bennett, executed September 26, 1932 at the Metropolitan Gaol, Coburg; Thomas William Johnson, hanged December 14, 1938 at the Metropolitan Gaol, Coburg; George Green, hanged in April, 1939 at Coburg Gaol. Illus. 128pp. card covers. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., vertical creases to covers. Nr. Vg. Scarce.