Southampton Murder Victims Free Download Epud By Jim Brown
| Title | : | Southampton Murder Victims |
| Author | : | Jim Brown |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 192 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1859838359 |
Southampton Murder Victims is the result of painstaking research by the author, who had unrivalled access to police and other archive files not normally available to the general public This has resulted in fascinating accounts of 80 murders committed in Southampton between 1783 and 2009, including some that took place abroad on the high seas and subsequently investigated Southampton Murder Victims is the result of painstaking research by the author, who had unrivalled access to police and other archive files not normally available to the general public This has resulted in fascinating accounts of 80 murders committed in Southampton between 1783 and 2009, including some that took place abroad on the high seas and subsequently investigated by Southampton police under the Merchant Shipping Acts.Jim Brown has also outlined the changes in legislation relating to what was for many years a mandatory death sentence and the alterations to the court systems over the period.Included in the accounts are Jim s recollections of investigations in which he was personally involved as a member of the murder squad, and these give a special insight in the methods employed by the police in the 1950s and 1960s.Many individual cases show interesting aspects of law and the varied ways in which unfortunate victims were killed, by shooting, bludgeoning, strangling, stabbing and poisoning The various motives include drunken and domestic rage, jealousy, robbery and sex.The book contains many illustrations, some of them official police photos showing the scene of the crime and published for the first time.The murder accounts appear in strict chronological order, allowing the reader to dip into the period of their choice The earlier cases will also arouse nostalgia for roads and premises that have long since vanished.Included in the accounts are Brown s recollections of investigations in which he was personally involved as a member of the murder squad, and these provide a unique and fascinating insight into the methods employed by the police in the 1950s and 60s.The book contains many illustrations, some of them official police photos showing the scene of the crime and published for the first time, making Southampton Murder Victims a must read for the bloodthirsty, the historians and the just plain curious
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Southampton Murder Victims is the result of painstaking research by the author, who had unrivalled access to police and other archive files not normal
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