United in crime
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1955
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Trials; Crime; Criminals
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Table of contents: title: Foreword on crime; title: I. Sir Travers Humphreys and his cases. 1. Sir Travers Humphreys; title: 2. The great pearl robbery; title: 3. The button and badge murder; title: 4. The black book trial; title: 5. The case of the forged telegrams; title: 6. The end of Horatio Bottomley; title: 7. The Thompson-Bywaters murder; title: 8. The Mr. 'A' case; title: 9. The shooting of P.C. Gutteridge; title: 10. The honeymoon mystery; title: 11. The trial of Mrs. Barney; title: 12. The fire raisers; title: 13. The double confession murder; title: II. Lord Simon and his cases. 1. Lord Simon; title: 2. The man who libelled King George V; title: 3. The 'Titanic' disaster; title: 4. The Kuepferle spy trial; title: 5. Count de Borch and the unwritten law; title: 6. The Bath Club case; title: 7. The Portuguese banknote case; title: III. Law and crime. 1. Sir Patrick Hastings; title: 2. The last of the serjeants; title: 3. The crime doctor; title: 4. Were they wrong to find him guilty?; title: 5. Metropolitan policewoman; title: 6. The I.R.A. Coventry explosion; title: 7. The strange disappearance of Mr. Bathurst; title: 8. Why do they confess?; title: 9. Crime in the United States; title: 10. How safe are the mails?; title: IV.. The enigma of the multiple murderer. 1. Multiple murders in history; title: 2. Poisoner, and ripper?; title: 3. The brides-in-the-bath case; title: 4. The French Bluebeard; title: 5. The 'lonely hearts' murders; title: 6. The acid bath killer; title: V. The case for and against flogging; title: VI. The problem of the young offender. 1. Changes in the law; title: 2. Juvenile courts; title: 3. Corrective treatment; title: 4. Punishment and the home background; title: 5. What is the best cure?