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Notable English Trials

William Palmer

NOTABLE ENGLISH TRIALS.

The Stauntons. Edited by J. B. Atlay, M.A., Barrister-at-Law.

Franz Muller. Edited by H. B. Irving, M.A.(Oxon).

Lord Lovat. Edited by David N. Mackay, Solicitor.

William Palmer. Edited by Geo. H. Knott, Barrister-at-Law.

The Annesley Case. Edited by Andrew Lang.

Dr. Lamson. Edited by H. L. Adam.

Mrs. Maybrick. Edited by H. B. Irving, M.A.(Oxon).

William Palmer. (From a Drawing by Joseph Simpson.)

Trial of William Palmer

EDITED BY George H. Knott Barrister-at-Law EDINBURGH AND LONDON WILLIAM HODGE & COMPANY PRINTED BY WILLIAM HODGE AND COMPANY GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH 1912

To Sir HARRY BODKIN POLAND, K.C., WHO BEARS THE NAME, AND HAS CONTINUED THE REPUTATION, OF ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHED COUNSEL IN THE TRIAL HEREIN CONTAINED, AND WHO ALSO FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE IN THE COURT WHERE THAT TRIAL WAS HELD, THIS BOOK IS, BY HIS KIND PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR.