268pp, black and white illustrations. Brown cloth-covered boards, green titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly bumped spine ends, small tear half way up spine cover at rear board. Free endpapers tanning. Text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. No dust jacket.Â
Looks at the trials of Christie, Heath and Whiteway, the abolition of the death penalty and the effect of the newly introduced defence of diminished responsibility.
