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Homicide

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  • An old smuggler (Mr Moffit) is shot dead by a naval inspector with a pistol, who finds rolls of tobacco in the dead man's pockets; other people attend the scene. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1833, after F. Pickering.
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    The mystery of murder. An Horizon special.

    | Date: 2015
  • view The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.
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    The principles of forensic medicine : systematically arranged, and applied to British practice / By John Gordon Smith.

    Smith, John Gordon, 1792-1833 | Date: 1824
  • view M'Naughten : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, upon insanity / by J.Q. Rumball.
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    M'Naughten : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, upon insanity / by J.Q. Rumball.

    | Date: 1843
  • view Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.
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    Medico-legal treatise on homicide by external violence.

    Watson, Alexander, 1799-1879 | Date: 1842
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    Corrupt bodies : death and dirty dealing in a London morgue / Peter Everett and Kris Hollington.

    Everett, Peter | Date: 2019
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