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Trial Of Eugène Marie Chantrelle by Alexander Duncan Smith. This 19th-century Scottish legal chronicle presents a detailed record of the murder Trial Of Eugène Marie Chantrelle, who was accused of poisoning his wife Elizabeth Cullen Dyer in Edinburgh in January 1878. Edited by A. Duncan Smith, the volume compiles the indictment, the trial proceedings over four days, lists of witnesses, appendices including post-mortem reports, chemical analyses, and letters between the accused and deceased, as well as petitions and phrenological analyses. It offers lay readers and legal historians a thorough exploration of circumstantial evidence, the arguments of Lord Advocate and defense counsel, and the functioning of the Scottish justice system in capital punishment cases of the era. The work juxtaposes medical testimony, forensic chemistry, police investigations, and the social context surrounding Chantrelle’s career and marriage. It also documents the public reaction, the execution in Calton Prison, and the subsequent official communications concerning clemency petitions.
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