Oscar Slater
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german jew
hard labour
HM prison peterhead
marion gilchrist
miscarriage of justice
murder
ramsay macdonald
real crime
scotland
sir arthur conan doyle
sir edward marshall hall
the immortal case of sir arthur conan doyle
true crime
viscount buckmaster
Product details
- ISBN 9780750945738
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Aug 2006
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1909, Oscar Slater, a German Jew, was convicted and sentenced to death for the brutal murder of Marion Gilchrist, an elderly Glasweigan spinster. His trial is known to have been one of the most scandalous miscarriages of justice in the annals of legal history. This book is provides an account of this infamous case.
Tommy Toughill has laboured in a whisky distillery, taught history in Gibraltar, been a police officer in Hong Kong and a bodyguard to Henry Kissinger. A graduate of the University of Glasgow and a former Infantry officer in a Scottish regiment, he lives in Gibraltar.
