THE NEW WORLD OF CRIME Famous American Trials

Hardback. With an Introductory Essay on the Reading of Criminal Trials by Roland Burrows, K.C. The author believed that in the matters of crime and justice the chief difference between the 'New World' and the 'Old' was that, in Europe, crime was in its infancy, while in America it was justice that was in its infancy. His aim in this book was to 'entertain and instruct the reader by illustrating this observation with a selection of famous American trials, both old and new.' The trials have been arranged alternately - old and new. Chapter headings include : John Brown's Body; The Sacco-Vanzetti Case; Benedict Arnold and Major Andre; The Trial of Leopold and Loeb; The Salem Witchcraft Trials; The Thaw Case; The End of the Jesse James Gang; The Snyder-Gray Murder Case; The Trial of President Lincoln's Assassins; Mr. Waggoner and the Nineteen Banks; The Professor's Murder Story; Trial by Newspaper: The Hall-Mills Murder. 241pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Ex-Boots with signs of the removal of the Boots badge from fr. cover (see image). Lightly browned pp., fr. hinge cracked, sunned and lightly soiled covers. G. only