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03619aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 CDA10550EC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171229012527 008 161226r20171969ohuabef 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781606353110 020 $a 160635311X 035 $a (OCoLC)966917731 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d GK8 $d OCLCA $d SZR $d KSU $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 050 4 $a KD373.W3 $b G6 2017 100 1 $a Goodman, Jonathan, $e author. 245 14 $a The killing of Julia Wallace / $c Jonathan Goodman. 264 1 $a Kent, Ohio : $b Kent State University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a True crime history series 500 $a Originally published by George C. Harrap & Co. in 1969. 520 $a "The brutal murder of Julia Wallace in 1931 became one of Britain's great unsolved murders. People began arguing about the case almost immediately and continue to do so to this day. Julia was the middle-aged wife of a mild-mannered Liverpool insurance agent, William Herbert Wallace. By all accounts they were a quiet, unassuming, devoted couple. In January 1931 William Wallace received a telephone message to come to an address in Liverpool the following evening to discuss an insurance policy. Unable to find the house after searching for hours, Wallace determined there was no such address and returned home. There he found Julia bludgeoned to death on the parlor floor. In addition to the terrible shock and his unbearable loss, Wallace was accused of the crime and ultimately convicted. Using original sources, Jonathan Goodman re-creates Wallace's trial, witness by witness. Through his meticulous reconstruction, it becomes evident that the police and the medical examiner went out of their way to twist and even manufacture evidence. Their attention to proving Wallace guilty ignored a lead to a likely suspect given to them by Wallace. The man was a fellow insurance agent, whom Goodman identifies in the book as Mr. X. The police ignored the suggestion. In 1969, when The Killing of Julia Wallace was first published in the United Kingdom, Goodman had picked up on the lead the police disregarded. As a result, he was convinced that Wallace was unjustly convicted. In 1981 Goodman revealed the name of the suspect, who was by then deceased. The suspect had a long record of criminal charges that had been dropped or dismissed due to his family connections―his father and uncle were local officials; his father's secretary was the daughter of the police superintendent"--Publisher's website 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a The year -- The night before the killing -- The day of the killing -- The day after -- Investigation, rumour, arrest -- The committal -- The trial I -- The trial II -- The trial III -- The trial IV -- The appeal -- Release -- A different verdict. 600 10 $a Wallace, William Herbert, $d 1878-1933. 600 10 $a Wallace, Julia, $d 1861-1931. 600 17 $a Wallace, Julia, $d 1861-1931. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01856760 600 17 $a Wallace, William Herbert, $d 1878-1933. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00007979 650 0 $a Trials (Murder) $z England. 650 7 $a Trials (Murder) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156368 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 655 7 $a True crime stories. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a True crime stories. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919985 830 0 $a True crime history series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018014438.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CDA10550EC6A11E7AF65C16E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search