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Crime, detection, and the law
This collection includes books about criminal actions and their detection, prevention, judging, and punishment.
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A dictionary of crimes and offences according to the law of Scotland
W. Green & Son Limited
1936
An introduction to offences in Scottish Law reflecting, primarily, the requirements of Police Officers.
The Vagabond Book of Stirling
Lomax Press
2010
Selected from records of misdemeanours and punishments of ne'er-do-wells hauled before the town Baillies in Stirling's Tolbooth.
Advertisements in court
David Fanning Limited
1965
A selection of legal actions relating to advertisements.
Fingerprints: fifty years of scientific crime detection
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
1953
A history of the application of fingerprinting to the detection of crime.
Best American detective stories of the year - 1956
T.V. Boardman & Company Limited
1957
An anthology of twelve short stories.
Select Scottish cases of the thirteenth century
William Hodge & Company, Limited
1944
A study of mediaeval Scots Law with a view to discovering whether the law as applied corresponded to the law as described.
The trial of Ezra Pound: a documental account of the treason case
Faber and Faber
1967
An account of the charges of treason brought against Pound resulting from broadcasts from Italy.
The criminal and the community
John Lane : Bodley Head
1912
A discussion of the criminal, the factors in the causation of crime, and the treatment of the criminal. With an appended 16 page 'Catalogue of John Lane's fiction'.
The story of Mr. George Edalji
Grey House Books
1985
A compilation of three of Doyle's writings on the George Edalji cases.
Protocol book of John Foular 1528-1534
Scottish Record Society
1985
A transcription of the final protocol book of a sixteenth century Edinburgh notary.
Shots from a lawyer's gun
R. A. Everett & Co.
1901
A discussion, with anecdotes, of points of law relevant to the keeping and hunting of game.
L'affaire Sade: compte-rendu exact du procès intenté le Ministère Public
Jean-Jacques Pauvert
1957
An account of the Sade trial which opened in Paris in 1956 before the 17th correctional chamber. Number 920 of a limited edition of 1000.
A history of legal dress in Europe until the end of the eighteenth century
Clarendon Press
1963
A study of legal dress in all European countries, other than Russia and those submerged under Turkey.
Upon the tracing of footsteps with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses
Oakmagic Publications
1997
A reprint of one of Holmes' lost monographs.
Square mile of murder
Molendinar Press
1975
An account of four notorious Victorian murders in the West End of Glasgow. Gift inscription from the author on the title-page.
Oscar Slater: the great suspect
Carroll & Nicholson
1951
An account of the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist and the trial of Oscar Slater and his later reprieve.
The trials of Oscar Wilde: Regina (Wilde) v. Queensferry, Regina v. Wilde and Taylor
William Hodge and Company, Limited
1948
A full account of the three trials that led to Wilde being imprisoned.
Practice of the Scottish Poor Law
William Green & Sons
1907
A manual on the provision of relief for the poor and related services by Parish Councils.
The casebook of a Victorian detective
Canongate
1975
Drawn from the cases of, probably, the most successful detective in mid-nineteenth century Britain.
A century of Cornton Vale: men's colony, borstal and women's prison
Smith Art Gallery and Museum
2010
A history of the area where the principal women's prison was located.
Trial by combat
William Hodge & Co.
1890
An account of the judicial duel in England and Scotland. From the library of Briglands.
The trinity cat, and other mysteries
Crippen & Landru Publishers
2006
A collection of short stories.
The court book of the Burgh of Kirkintilloch 1658-1694
Scottish History Society
1963
A transcription of court records from the Burgh of Kirkintilloch.
Don't walk down College Street
Ramshorn
1985
An account of grave robbing and murder undertaken to provide bodies for medical education.
