Publisher's Synopsis
This book tells the stories of some very interesting cases of murder and other crimes. Many relate to cases long before there was a modern police service. The early mention of constables refers to the part time untrained men not to regular officers as we know them today. The crimes were investigated surprisingly thoroughly for the times and which finally resulted in the accused being hanged or other serious punishments. There are also later cases when there was a professional police service. I have used much original phraseology and quotations especially from the interviews and court trials to give not only accuracy but a feeling of reality. These are not grammatical, punctuation errors or spelling mistakes.
