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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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Trial of Oscar Slater
William Hodge & Company, Limited
1950
An account of the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist and the trial of Oscar Slater.
Lift the ban on the Daily Worker
Daily Worker League
1942
A call to remove end the suppression of the Daily Worker, which was banned in 1941.
Imprint of the Raj: how fingerprinting was born in colonial India
Macmillan
2003
An exploration of the origins of a key forensic technique in India.
Crime and its detection
Gresham Publishing Company Ltd.
1932
A survey of British detective practice and methods.
Some account of the Old Hall of Lincoln's Inn
Dolphin Press
1928
A guide to the history and architecture of this famous Inn of Court.
The tragedy of Marionville, or, The true story of Captain Macrae
W. Shepherd
1930
The story of the notorious duellist who mortally wounded his friend on Musselburgh Links.
The casebook of Sherlock Doyle: true mysteries investigated by Conan Doyle
Ian Henry Publications
1991
An account of Doyle's interventions in prominent court cases and his impact on the British legal system.
Poison mysteries in history, romance and crime
Scientific Press, Ltd.
1923
A survey of the use of poisons through history supported by a compilation of famous poisoning cases. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
The Gild Court book of Dunfermline 1433-1597
Scottish Record Society
1986
A transcription of an early manuscript recording the activities of the Dunfermline Gild Court.
Oscar Slater: the mystery solved
Canongate Press
1993
An account of the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist and the trial of Oscar Slater and his later reprieve.
An account of the executions in Scotland for the past 200 years
Dolphin Press
1980
Originally printed as a chapbook in 1866.
Guide to local government in counties and burghs: being a supplement to the Parliament-House book
Scott & Ferguson and Burness & Co.
1892
A guide to laws and regulations applicable to Scottish counties and burghs.
Law of Scotland, University of Edinburgh, 1851-52
University of Edinburgh
1850
A detailed syllabus for lectures in Scottish law.
Bye-laws for the prevention of waste, undue consumption, misuse or contamination of the water supplied by the Water Board
East Lothian Water Board
1938
Text amended in 1938 to reflect the transfer of powers from the East Lothian Western District Water Board.
Byelaws for preventing waste, contamination, etc. of water
Bathgate Burgh Council
1952
Byelaws made under section 60 of the Water (Scotland) Act, 1946.
Nuremberg: a summary
CCG (BE) Public Relations Branch
1946
A summary of the Nuremberg judgment, prepared for the press.
The smuggling story of the northern shores: Oban to Montrose, including the islands
Wyre Forest Press
1995
An account of aspects of Scottish smuggling based on contemporary eighteenth century records.
An appeal to Scots honour
Scottish Secretariat Ltd.
1944
An account of Douglas Young's trial, and appeal against the Court's decision, for refusing to recognise conscription during the Second World War. Gift inscription from the appellant (Douglas Young) on the first page to Colonel A. G. Pape.
