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37 relations: Acquittal, Alexander MacRobert (politician), Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, Alibi, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bookmaker, Circumstantial evidence, Court of Criminal Appeal, Devlin Committee, Dictionary of National Biography, Edinburgh, Edward Marshall Hall, German Army (German Empire), Glasgow, HM Prison Peterhead, John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1920–1939, List of miscarriage of justice cases, McKinnon Wood, Miscarriage of justice, Non-fiction, Not proven, Opole, Pawnbroker, Police lineup, Procuring (prostitution), Ramsay MacDonald, Rhyming slang, Secretary of State for Scotland, Solicitor General for Scotland, Square Mile of Murder, Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, The Herald (Glasgow), The Times, Upper Silesia, William Roughead, World War II.
Acquittal
In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an offense, as far as the criminal law is concerned.
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Alexander MacRobert (politician)
Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873 – 18 October 1930) was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician.
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Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde
Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician, judge, and georgist land value tax activist.
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Alibi
An alibi is a form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes.
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Bookmaker
A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays off bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.
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Circumstantial evidence
Circumstantial evidence is evidence that relies on an inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact—like a fingerprint at the scene of a crime.
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Court of Criminal Appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeal is the name of an existing court of Scottish law and of historic courts in England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Devlin Committee
The Devlin Committee was a UK committee based on the Devlin report of 1976, which looked at a number of criminal cases in order to draw conclusions on the method of visual identification of suspects.
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Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Edward Marshall Hall
Sir Edward Marshall Hall (16 September 1858 – 24 February 1927) was an English barrister who had a formidable reputation as an orator.
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German Army (German Empire)
The Imperial German Army (Deutsches Heer) was the name given to the combined land and air forces of the German Empire (excluding the Marine-Fliegerabteilung maritime aviation formations of the Imperial German Navy).
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Glasgow
Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.
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HM Prison Peterhead
HMP Peterhead was a prison in the town of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013.
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John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, (7 July 1860 – 11 January 1925) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and the Governor of Madras from 1912 to 1919.
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List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1920–1939
This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the years 1920–1939.
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List of miscarriage of justice cases
This is a list of miscarriage of justice cases.
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McKinnon Wood
Thomas McKinnon Wood PC (26 January 1855 – 26 March 1927) was a British Liberal politician.
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Miscarriage of justice
A miscarriage of justice is primarily the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit.
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Non-fiction
Non-fiction or nonfiction is content (sometimes, in the form of a story) whose creator, in good faith, assumes responsibility for the truth or accuracy of the events, people, or information presented.
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Not proven
Not proven is a verdict available to a court in Scotland.
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Opole
Opole (Oppeln, Silesian German: Uppeln, Uopole, Opolí) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia.
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Pawnbroker
A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral.
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Police lineup
A police lineup (in American English) or identity parade (in British English) is a process by which a crime victim or witness's putative identification of a suspect is confirmed to a level that can count as evidence at trial.
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Procuring (prostitution)
Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.
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Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald, (né James McDonald Ramsay; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British statesman who was the first Labour Party politician to become Prime Minister, leading minority Labour governments in 1924 and in 1929–31.
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Rhyming slang
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language that uses rhyme.
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Secretary of State for Scotland
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba, Secretar o State for Scotland) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland representing Scotland.
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Solicitor General for Scotland
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland (Àrd-neach-lagha a' Chrùin an Alba) is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law.
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Square Mile of Murder
The Square Mile of Murder relates to an area of west-central Glasgow, Scotland.
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Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster
Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, (9 January 1861 – 5 December 1934) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician.
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The Herald (Glasgow)
The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk; Silesian Polish: Gůrny Ślůnsk; Horní Slezsko; Oberschlesien; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.
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William Roughead
William Roughead (pronounced Rockheed) (1870–1952) was a well-known Scottish lawyer and amateur criminologist, as well as an editor and essayist on "matters criminous".
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Slater
