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Adolf Beck (1877-1904)

Archive Print Item: Law E-97/BEC

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Type of record: Book

Title: Adolf Beck (1877-1904)

Level: Item

Classmark: Law E-97/BEC

Creator(s): Beck, Adolf (1841-1909)

Additional creator(s): Watson, Eric Russell (1879?-1927) (Other)

Related people: Beck, Adolf, 1841-1909; Watson, Eric Russell

Publisher: W. Hodge

Publication city: Edinburgh

Date(s): [1924]

Language: English

Size and medium: xi, 296 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/310843

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991005776829705181

Description

Case of mistaken identity; Beck was tried in the Old Bailey for larceny, 1896, convicted, served five years in prison, was again indicted and convicted in 1904. Sentence was suspended and a court of inquiry appointed, which reported that all charges against Beck in both trials were absolutely without foundation.

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