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Author Hilliard, Christopher, author.

Title The Littlehampton libels : a miscarriage of justice and a mystery about words in 1920s England / Christopher Hilliard
Edition First edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits
Contents Introduction -- Prologue: Reopening the case -- Beach town -- Easter and after -- A craze for this sort of thing -- Will you let me have that letter -- A case of handwriting -- Circumstances grave and unusual -- Keeping observation -- The perfect witness -- Bad language -- It is not my verdict -- Epilogue: Brought to book -- Conclusion
Summary Littlehampton in the 1920s was menaced by a bizarre poison-pen case, which required the attention of a leading Metropolitan Police detective, and resulted in four criminal trials before the real culprit was finally punished. The Littlehampton Libels untangles this mystery story, exploring the inner lives of an English working-class community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford, viewed September 3, 2024)
Subject Anonymous letters.
Libel and slander -- England -- Littlehampton -- History -- 20th century
Criminal investigation -- England -- Littlehampton -- History -- 20th century
Judicial error -- England -- Littlehampton -- History -- 20th century
Nineteen twenties.
Judicial error -- England -- Littlehampton
Criminal investigation -- England -- Littlehampton
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Anonymous letters.
Criminal investigation.
Judicial error.
Libel and slander.
Nineteen twenties.
Littlehampton (England) -- History -- 20th century
England -- Littlehampton.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
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