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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

Edinburgh: William Hodge & Company [1911]. (Hardcover) Good to very good, no dust jacket. 332pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt, frontispiece, photographs, appendices, notes. The cover is in good condition. Very slight wear to top and bottom of spine. Library stamp on inside front and Clifford Elmer Books True Crime sticker.Trial of Alice Rhodes, Elizabeth Ann Staunton, Louis Staunton & Patrick Staunton. Murder of Harriet Staunton. Time Period 19th Century. Publisher series: Notable English Trials. Locale: London--England. (Law, Criminal Law).

William Hodge and Company, 2nd revised edition 1951. Hardback 216pages. Some photos. In protective sleeve. Some mottling to page edges in places. "V plates" written in pencil on inside page - otherwise no markings. Good condition, binding excellent. Outside hardback cover unmarked and in very good condition.

London Edinburgh Glasgow: William Hodge, 1949.First and last pages some browning, but other pages are very good and clean.Front pages have notes written in. One page near front half come away from binding.Cover bright with some slight wear.

William Hodge, Edinburgh,, [1926]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 4 plates and a map, some moderate foxing at start and end of book; original red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy. Published in the series Notable British Trials. The first edition appeared in 1914.

William Hodge, London, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. William Hodge, London, 1951, pp238. Hardcover . In very good condition - no spotting to front and back cover. Spine slightly faded. Red cloth boards are in good condition. Clean internal pages and binding in good condition. 2 labels on inside cover - identifying previous owners / sellers - see photo.

215pp. Frontis. + 3pp. of illustrations. Original red cloth, black lettering. Boards slightly soiled, front has small white mark, back some light stain and spine sun lightened, Contents clean and fresh.

Carswell, Donald, Editor. Trial of Ronald True. Edinburgh and London: William Hodge and Company, Ltd, [1925]. 295 pp. Frontispiece and four additional illustrated plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettered spine. Ex-library with property stamps on inside cover and small "Clifford, Elmer Books" label. Spine faded. Internally very good. Notable British Trials. "Ronald True early evinced signs of abnormality, which increased in later life when he became a drug addict, suffered from syphilis, and had two bad aeroplane crashes...Finally after living a vagabond life, True murdered a prostitute for her valuables...He was tried at the Central Criminal Court, found guilty and sentenced to death. This was later respited by the Home Secretary on the ground of insanity. A great outburst followed this decision...This case of insanity abounds in interest, especially in view of the medical defences put forward in many cases today.":