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Archive Reference / Library Class No.LS/364
TitleCook the murderer: or the Leicester tragedy being a full and faithful account of the horrible assassination of Mr. John Paas, of London, on the 30th of May, 1832, perpetrated by James Cook, of Leicester: with an authentic detail of the cruel means adopted by the murderer to accomplish the bloody deed, and of the inhuman method which he used to dispose of the body of his murdered victim: to which is added, the singular manner in which the melancholy fate of the deceased gentleman was discovered: the flight of the culprit, his subsequent apprehension at Liverpool, and his confession of the barbarous fact, with his trial, sentence, and execution.
Date[1832]
Publication Date[1832]
AuthorWilliams, C. J.
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
TermHomicide
Publishers
Executions
Crime
Criminals
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Leicester 
Derby 
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