A handbook on hanging
Subtitle: being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphyxiation, decapitation and electrocution; data and wrinkles on hangmanship : with the late Mr. Hangman Berry's method and his pioneering list of drops; to which is added an account of the great Nuremberg hangings; a ready reckoner for hangmen; and many other items of interest including the anatomy of murder
By: by Charles Duff.
Edition: Finally definitive ed. diligently compared and revised in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Publisher: Journeyman Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Capital punishment.; Hanging.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Rev. and enl. ed. London : Putnam, 1961.