Report of an Inquiry by the Hon. Sir Henry Fisher into the Circumstances Leading to the Trial of Three Persons on Charges Arising out of the Death of Maxwell Confait and the Fire at 27 Doggett Road, London SE6 (Provenance: W. Gregg)
Language: English
Published by Her Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1977
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
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1977, Good (used) Condition, Softcover, 279pp + Photo, Map and Appendix A copy of the Fisher Inquiry, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 13 December 1977. This landmark report examines the Confait case, the subsequent fire at Doggett Road, and the wrongful convictions that followed, one of the most consequential British investigations into police procedure and miscarriages of justice in the late twentieth century. The report examines the 1972 killing of Maxwell Confait, a young cross dresser and sex worker found strangled in a burned room in Catford. The case became notorious for the wrongful convictions of three teenagers and for exposing serious failures in police procedure, interrogation and forensic handling ultimately reshaping British criminal justice. This example carries a distinctive Ex Libris W. Gregg, an engraved bookplate whose imagery: gallows, guillotine, electric chair and prison bars belongs to the macabre tradition favoured by private collectors of crime literature, criminology and the history of punishment. Its tone aligns closely with the subject matter of the report, suggesting provenance from a focused personal library devoted to criminal justice and notorious trials. A compelling association copy, combining an important parliamentary document with a rare and thematically resonant ex libris that reflects the collecting interests of its former owner.…
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- Title
- Report of an Inquiry by the Hon. Sir Henry Fisher into the Circumstances Leading to the Trial of Three Persons on Charges Arising out of the Death of Maxwell Confait and the Fire at 27 Doggett Road, London SE6 (Provenance: W. Gregg)
- Author
- Sir Henry Fisher - House of Commons Paper
- Publisher
- Her Majestys Stationery Office, London
- Publication year
- 1977
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Special Edition
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