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Expert Witness - HJ WallsOur price: £8.00
General Details
  • Edition: 1st edition (1st impression)
  • Publication Year: 1972
  • Publisher: Long of U.K.
  • ISBN: 0091099609
  • Language: English
  • Size: 8vo - over 7¾ inches (up to 9¾ inches) tall
  • Binding: hardcover - cloth
  • Covers: brown with gilt lettering
  • No. of pages: 208
  • Signed by the author: "Cyril Cuthbert. For old times. H.W. June '72."
Condition Details
  • This book is in very good condition and has a dustjacket which is in good condition
Note: This book has been owned previously. If it appears unread this will be noted in the additional information (below).

Additional Information
"Former director of the Metropolitan Police Laboratory at New Scotland Yard, Dr. Walls has spent more than half his life in the service of science and the law - and in these memoirs he has written a fascinating account of his experiences. The cases with which he was concerned are numerous and varied, and to his book he brings not only the trained mind of a forensic scientist but also an engaging sense of humour. In Expert Witness Dr. Walls describes his early days at Hendon and Bristol laboratories when forensic science, by contrast to today, was in its infancy. He discusses cases ranging from headline murders to arson, from parcel-bomb attempts to ballistics investigations. He describes in detail the extraordinary Harold Loughans case, in which a murderer who later confessed was acquitted at his trial, and the Sixpenny Handley murder, in which the victim's body was neatly laid out before the police were called. He also has a chapter on the organisation and future of forensic science. As Professor Keith Simpson writes in his foreword, Dr Walls is both compellingly readable and accurate in factual detail. His autobiography is required reading for all 'true-crime' enthusiasts."; with illustrations; slight rubbing to top and bottom of spine; owner's details to ffep; rubbing to edges of dj; dj price clipped

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