The Murder And The Trial

Author : Charlotte Gray
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443409254

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The Massey Murder by Charlotte Gray Pdf

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year An Amazon Top 100 Book of the Year Shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize Longlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction A scandalous crime, a sensational trial, a surprise verdict—the true story of Carrie Davies, the maid who shot a Massey In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work. Carrie Davies, an 18-year-old domestic servant, quickly confessed. But who was the victim here? Charles “Bert” Massey, a scion of a famous family, or the frightened, perhaps mentally unstable Carrie, a penniless British immigrant? When the brilliant lawyer Hartley Dewart, QC, took on her case, his grudge against the powerful Masseys would fuel a dramatic trial that pitted the old order against the new, wealth and privilege against virtue and honest hard work. Set against a backdrop of the Great War in Europe and the changing face of a nation, this sensational crime is brought to vivid life for the first time. As in her previous bestselling book, Gold Diggers—which was made into a Discovery Channel miniseries entitled “Klondike”—multi-award-winning historian and biographer Charlotte Gray has created a captivating narrative rich in detail and brimming with larger-than-life personalities, as she shines a light on a central moment in our past.

Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780140442885

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Murder Trials by Marcus Tullius Cicero Pdf

Cicero was still in his twenties when he got Sextus Roscius off a charge of murdering his father and nearly sixty when he defended King Deiotarus, accused of trying to murder Caesar. In between (with, among others, his speeches for Cluentius and Rabirius), he built a reputation as the greatest orator of his time.Cicero defended his practice partly on moral or compassionate grounds of 'human decency'--sentiments with which we today would agree. His clients generally went free. And in vindicating men--who sometimes did not deserve it--he left us a mass of detail about Roman life, law and history and, in two of the speeches, graphic pictures of the 'gun-law' of small provincial towns.

Author : William Edward Vaughan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822036416980

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Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914 by William Edward Vaughan Pdf

The book describes how the courts dealt with murder, beginning with the coroner's inquest and ending with the conviction and hanging of the murderer. Between these two points the exquisite, almost balletic, procedure, of the courts and their officers is described, the Crown's case against the prisoner is analyzed, and the prisoner's defense is discussed. Magistrates, policemen, crown solicitors, witnesses, jurors, judges, and hangmen make their appearances. The prisoners, whose silence before and during their trials was their most notable characteristic in the nineteenth-century courts, make their apperances too, but not as prominently as their judicial custodians, until they finally and briefly come into the limelight on the gallows. An implicit theme of the book is the apparent contradiction between the apparent simplicity of the courts' procedures and the complexity of the rules that determined their operation. The book relies on a range of printed primary sources, such as newspapers, parliamentary papers, law reports, and legal textbooks, and on MS sources in the National Archives such as the Convict Reference Files. (Series: Irish Legal History Society)

Author : Janet Malcolm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0300181701

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Iphigenia in Forest Hills by Janet Malcolm Pdf

Malcolm's riveting new book tells the story of a murder trial in the insular Bukharan-Jewish community of Forest Hills, Queens, that captured national attention.

Author : Jack DeSario,William D. Mason
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0873387708

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Dr. Sam Sheppard on Trial by Jack DeSario,William D. Mason Pdf

The new prosecutor faces an old controversy -- An unlikely setting for murder -- Did Sam murder Marilyn? -- Putting the pieces of the puzzle together -- Final trial preparation : the emergence of the prosecutor's strategy -- Opening statements : setting the stage -- The Sheppard team presents its case -- The prosecutors speak -- Closing arguments and a verdict : the end of a legal era.

Author : Robert J. Sharpe
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781442693449

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The Lazier Murder by Robert J. Sharpe Pdf

In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them — Joseph Thomset and David Lowder — were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent — even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows. The Lazier Murder explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. The Lazier Murder provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.

Author : Kayla Hounsell
Publisher : Nimbus+ORM
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781771086677

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First Degree by Kayla Hounsell Pdf

This true crime investigation reveals new information about the sensational murder trial that gripped Nova Scotia—with previously unpublished photos. Will Sandeson seemed like a model son from a good family. He was a medical student at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University. He worked at a group home for adults with disabilities. Then he was arrested for the murder of fellow student Taylor Samson in August of 2015. Samson lived in a fraternity house near Dalhousie. When he disappeared without a trace, the investigation eventually led to Sandeson. But Sandeson’s trial was blown open by a private investigator accused of switching sides. In the process, a dangerous world of drugs, ambition, and misplaced loyalties was revealed. In First Degree, award-winning journalist Kayla Hounsell tells the full story of two young men who appeared destined for bright futures—until their lives took a dark turn.

Author : Dan Abrams,David Fisher
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781488095320

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Lincoln's Last Trial by Dan Abrams,David Fisher Pdf

The award-winning, New York Times–bestselling chronicle of the sensational murder trial that would be the capstone of Lincoln’s legal career. In the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old “Peachy” Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. When Harrison’s father hired Abraham Lincoln to defend him, the case took on momentous meaning. Lincoln’s debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had transformed the little-known, self-taught lawyer into a respected politician of national prominence. As Lincoln contemplated a dark-horse run for the presidency in 1860, this case involved great risk. A loss could diminish Lincoln’s untarnished reputation. But the case also posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The victim had been his friend and his mentor. The accused killer, whom Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office. Lincoln’s Last Trial vividly captures Lincoln’s dramatic courtroom confrontations as he fights for his client—but also for his own blossoming political future. It is a moment in history that shines a light on our legal system, our history, and one of our greatest presidents. A Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award

Author : Cara Robertson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781501168390

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The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson Pdf

In Cara Robertson’s “enthralling new book,” The Trial of Lizzie Borden, “the reader is to serve as judge and jury” (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime and legal history is the “definitive account to date of one of America’s most notorious and enduring murder mysteries” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone—rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople—had an opinion about Lizzie Borden’s guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn’t she? An essential piece of American mythology, the popular fascination with the Borden murders has endured for more than one hundred years. Told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror. In contrast, “Cara Robertson presents the story with the thoroughness one expects from an attorney…Fans of crime novels will love it” (Kirkus Reviews). Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden is “a fast-paced, page-turning read” (Booklist, starred review) that offers a window into America in the Gilded Age. This “remarkable” (Bustle) book “should be at the top of your reading list” (PopSugar).

Author : David Gussak
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780231162500

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Art on Trial by David Gussak Pdf

Describing an outstanding example of the use of forensic art therapy in a criminal case, David Gussak, contracted by the defence to analyse the evidence in this instance, recounts his findings and presentation in court, as well as the future implications of his work for criminal proceedings.

Author : James O. Chipman
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781662421730

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The Murder Trial of JFK by James O. Chipman Pdf

These are some of the things you will learn by reading this book: After almost sixty years, it is time for the world to know the truth behind the death of JFK.If Kennedy had won reelection in 1964, there would not have been an American Vietnam War.You will learn things about Lyndon B. Johnson that you would not believe were possible.John F. Kennedy's assassination started a deep distrust that Americans have with their government that continues to this day.A major part of this distrust happened because the government lied to us about the assassination and lied to us about the Vietnam War.The conspiracy theory is what Hoover of the FBI came up with and then passed it along to the news media, the public and the Warren Commission.This book will tell you what really happened on November 22, 1963.

Author : Howard Ball
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114428902

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Justice in Mississippi by Howard Ball Pdf

The compelling real-life story of the criminal investigation, indictment, and trial of Edgar Ray Killen, the preacher and former Ku Klux Klansman finally convicted in June 2005 for the deaths of three civil rights workers--forty-one years after their brutal murders. A stunning final chapter to the case immortalized in the movie Mississippi Burning.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781405911030

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Lamb to the Slaughter (A Roald Dahl Short Story) by Roald Dahl Pdf

Lamb to the Slaughter is a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. In Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a twisted story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a wife serves up a dish that utterly baffles the police . . . Lamb to the Slaughter is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You, which includes seventeen other devious and shocking stories, featuring the two men who make an unusual and chilling wager over the provenance of a bottle of wine; a curious machine that reveals the horrifying truth about plants; the man waiting to be bitten by the venomous snake asleep on his stomach; and others. 'The absolute master of the twist in the tale.' (Observer ) This story is also available as a Penguin digital audio download read by Juliet Stevenson. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

Author : Pramod Kumar Das
Publisher : Universal Law Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Murder
ISBN : 8175346051

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Famous Murder Trials by Pramod Kumar Das Pdf

Author : Casey N. Cep
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101947869

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Furious Hours by Casey N. Cep Pdf

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.