ESCAPES FROM THE NOOSE

Softcover. The author tells the story of the pardons, reprieves, performances of some brilliant barristers to save clients and the thorny problem of pleas of insanity and diminished responsibility, explaining the drama and sensation of the court of criminal appeal which from 1907 gave a last chance to the condemned. Includes a wide selection cases, among them Madeleine Smith (1857), Dr Smethurst (1859), Mrs Maybrick (1889), the Wallace Enigma (1931), Jeannie Donald (1934), Widow of Windy Nook (1957) etc. Illus., Epilogue: Paranormal?, Conclusions, Sources and Bibliog. 128pp. trade size soft cover. F. with no creasing to covers.