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Leicester Murders
Ben Beazley
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Paperback. From the brutal murder of John Paas in 1832 and the poisoning of a 70-year-old widow by two young men, to the fatal shooting of a young woman in 1919, and was to become one of the fascinating murder cases in legal history, this title presents a collection of the criminal cases that have taken place in Leicester between the mid-1800s and 1950s. Series: Sutton True Crime History. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; 3JH; 3JJ; BTC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 418.
Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Leicester's history. From the brutal murder of John Paas in 1832, whose killer became the last man in England to be gibbeted, and the poisoning of a seventy-year-old widow by two young men, to the failure to convict Archie Johnson of the murder of Annie Jennings in 1912 due to the inability to identify blood groups at that time, this is a collection of the most dramatic and interesting criminal cases that have taken place in Leicester between the mid-1800s and 1950s. ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Sutton True Crime History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750948104
SKU
V9780750948104
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Ref
99-10
About Ben Beazley
Ben Beazley was a policeman for almost thirty years. A keen local historian, he is the author of Wartime Leicester, Post-war Leicester, and Leicester Then & Now. He lives in Leicester.
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