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
By: 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 Charles Duff.
Edition: Finally definitive ed., diligently compared and rev. in accordance with the most recent developments in the art.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1955
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Capital punishment.; Hanging.
Notes: A satire on capital punishment.