George Henry Jones: 'Account of the Murder of the Late Mr Wi...

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George Henry Jones: 'Account of the Murder of the Late Mr William Weare of Lyon's Inn, London, Including the circumstances which first let to the discovery of the murder, and the detection of the murderers', London, J. Nichols and Son, 1824, first edition, stone lithograph frontis + 3 lithograph plates and 2 folding maps complete, [iv],344pp, bound in half cloth over paper covered boards, leather gilt title label to spine. Account of a classic early 19th Century murder, with one of the accused turning King's evidence, another hanged and the third transported to Australia. A pleasing copy of this grim murder