_Notable English Trials_ William Palmer NOTABLE ENGLISH TRIALS. =The Stauntons.= Edited by J. B. Atlay, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. =Franz Muller.= Edited by H. B. Irving, M.A.(Oxon). =Lord Lovat.= Edited by David N. Mackay, Solicitor. =William Palmer.= Edited by Geo. H. Knott, Barrister-at-Law. =The Annesley Case.= Edited by Andrew Lang. =Dr. Lamson.= Edited by H. L. Adam. =Mrs. Maybrick.= Edited by H. B. Irving, M.A.(Oxon). [Illustration: William Palmer. (_From a Drawing by Joseph Simpson._)] Trial of William Palmer EDITED BY George H. Knott Barrister-at-Law [Illustration: colophon] EDINBURGH AND LONDON WILLIAM HODGE & COMPANY PRINTED BY WILLIAM HODGE AND COMPANY GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH 1912 To SIR HARRY BODKIN POLAND, K.C., WHO BEARS THE NAME, AND HAS CONTINUED THE REPUTATION, OF ONE OF THE DISTINGUISHED COUNSEL IN THE TRIAL HEREIN CONTAINED, AND WHO ALSO FOR MANY YEARS WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE IN THE COURT WHERE THAT TRIAL WAS HELD, THIS BOOK IS, BY HIS KIND PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR. PREFACE.