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The first edition of this account of the trial regarding a famous London murder, which has since been linked to the unsolved Jack the Ripper case. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and five plates. This is a full account of the trial of Mrs Maybrick who was convicted of murdering her cotton merchant husband James Maybrick through poison. Preceding the day-by-day account there is a list of dates and the counsel. There were five trial days in total, and each day has a verbatim account of proceedings. This trial was sensational and gripped the attention of the general public at the time and was reported by press in England and America. More than a century after his death Maybrick was accused of being Jack the Ripper following the revelation of a diary whereby he confessed. Subsequently this was found to be a hoax. However, researcher Bruce Robinson believes that his brother Michael Maybrick was the true killer. In the publisher's original cloth… Read More