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• In the Privy Council, on appeal from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, between the Corporation of the city of Victoria, appellants and Martha Maria Lang, (administratrix of the estate and effects of John Lang, deceased), respondent (s.n., 1898), by Martha Maria Lang, Victoria (B.C.), and Canada. Privy Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• In the Supreme Court of B.C. on appeal to the full court between the Corporation of the city of Victoria (defendant) appellant and Martha Maria Lang, administratrix of the estate and effects of John Lang, deceased, (plaintiff) respondent appeal of the defendant corporation from the judgment of Hon. Mr. Justice McColl : appeal book : C. Dubois Mason, solicitor for the appellants (defendants), D.G. Macdonnell, solicitor for the respondent (plaintiff). (s.n., 1897), by Martha Maria Lang, Victoria (B.C.), and British Columbia. Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the Supreme Court of British Columbia, before McColl. J., and a special jury, between Marion Patterson, the administratix of the goods and chattels of James T. Patterson, deceased, plaintiff, and the municipal corporation of the city of Victoria, defendants reprint of the evidence of the experts, Messrs. Warner and Lockwood, as reported by the official stenographer. (Colonist, 1897), by Marion Patterson, James T. Patterson, Martha Maria. appeal of the defendant corporation from the judgment of Hon. Mr. Justice McColl : appeal book : C. Dubois Mason Lang, Victoria (B.C.), and British Columbia. Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death under chapter 40, Resolves of 1941. December 31, 1942. (Wright & Potter printing co., 1943), by Massachusetts. Special commission to study the method of assessing damages in actions for death (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The law of maritime personal injuries, affecting harbor workers, passengers, and visitors. (Baker, Voorhis, 1959), by Martin J. Norris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Death by wrongful act; a treatise on the law peculiar to actions for injuries resulting in death, including the text of the statutes and an analytical table of their provisions. (Vernon Law Book Co., 1913), by Francis B. Tiffany (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Deepwater Horizon tragedy : holding responsible parties accountable : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, June 30, 2010. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Understanding and preventing violence : a public health perspective : summary of a presentation (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 1996), by Arthur Kellermann and National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Narratives of remarkable criminal trials. (J. Murray, 1846), by Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach and Lucie Duff Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Homicide in the United States (The University of North Carolina press, 1932), by H. C. Brearley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Outline of death investigation. (Thomas, 1962), by Raymond I. Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Merkwürdige Verbrechen, in aktenmässiger Darstellung (G. Müller, 1913), by Anselm Feuerbach and Wilhelm von Scholz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Freigabe der Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens, ihr Mass und ihre Form (F. Meiner, 1920), by Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Nation's shame : fatal child abuse and neglect in the United States : a report of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect : fifth report. (The Board, 1995), by United States. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect (page images at HathiTrust)
• Penalties for traffic offenses. (Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978), by John W. English and R. S. Want (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tötung und Körperverletzung im amtlichen Entwurf eines Allgemeinen Deutschen Strafgesetzbuchs. (Buchdruckerei der Tübinger Studentenhilfe, 1927), by Hans Bejlovec (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The trial of William Freeman, for the murder of John G. Van Nest, including the evidence and the arguments of counsel, with the decision of the Supreme Court granting a new trial, and an account of the death of the prisoner, and of the post-mortem examinaton of his body by Amariah Brigham, M. D., and others. (Derby, Miller & Co., 1848), by William Freeman, Amariah Brigham, Benjamin F. Hall, New York (State). Supreme Court, and New York (State) Court of oyer and terminer (Cayuga Co.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aktenmäsige Darstellung merkwürdiger Verbrechen (Heyer, 1828), by Paul Johann Anselm Feuerbach (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the case of John W. Webster ... indicted for the murder of George Parkman ... before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; including the hearing on the petition for a writ of error, the prisoner's confessional statements and application for a commutation of sentence, and an appendix containing several interesting matters never before published. (Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), by John White Webster, George Bemis, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the law of homicide, and of larceny at common law. (W. Clarke and Son, 1799), by Robert Bevill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on crown law respecting the due distinction between manslaughter and murder (B. White and R. Horsfield, 1773), by Granville Sharp (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicida nella psicologia e nella psicopatologia criminale (Unione tipograficoeditrice totinese, 1895), by Enrico Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special report from the Select Committee on Homicide Law Amendment Bill : together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix ([London, 1874), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Homicide Law amendment Bill and Robert Lowe Sherbrooke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Tötungsdelikte (Puttkammer Mühlbrecht, 1909), by Friedrich Wachenfeld (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Homicide surveillance. Summary (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Center for Health Prmotion and Education, 1983), by Center for Health Promotion and Education (U.S.). Violence Epidemiology Branch and Centers for Disease Control (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• State laws on homicide by vehicle (U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration :, 1978), by Brenda B. Williams, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die lehre von der tödtung nach dem züricher richtebriefe. (Zürich, 1865), by Conrad Stockar (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the case of Geo. C. Hersey, indicted for the murder of Betsy Frances Tirrell, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; including the hearing on the motion in arrest of judgment, the prisoner's petition for a commutation of sentence, the death warrant, officer's return upon it, and the confession. (A. Williams, 1862), by George Canning Hersey, J. M. W. Yerrinton, and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on the law of homicide (The Michie company, 1914), by Thomas Johnson Michie and Michie Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicidio nell'antropologia criminale : (Omicida nato e omicida pazzo) : con atlante antropologico-statistico. (Fratelli Bocca, 1895), by Enrico Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicidio-suicidio, responsabilità giuridica. (Bocca, 1884), by Enrico Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Su la psicologia della premditazione per l'avvocato dott. Bernadino Alimena. (Bocca, 1886), by Bernardino Alimena (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicidio-suicidio, responsabilità giuridica (Fratelli Bocca, 1883), by Enrico Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicidio nel diritto penale (Unione tipografico-editrice, 1899), by Giovanni Battista Impallomeni (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contro l'impunità degli omicidii (Unione tip.-editrice, 1891), by Raffaele de Notaristefani (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mariti che uccidono giurati che assolvono. (A. Tocco, 1897), by Alfredo de Tilla (page images at HathiTrust)
• Doodslag, voorafgegaan, vergezeld of gevolgd door een ander misdrijf. ('s-Gravenhage, 1879), by Louis Gerard Egbert Gertsen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Het veroorzaken van den dood of van lichamelijk letsel door schuld; (code pénal artt. 319 en 320); wet van 3 maart 1881 boek II titel XXI. (Leiden, 1882), by Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis Lette van Oostvoorne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die anspruchsberechtigten dritten aus tötung einer person nach dem deutschen reichshaftpflichtgesetze, der schweizerischen haftpflicht-gesetzgebung und dem schweizerischen obligationenrechte. (Luzern, 1906), by Otto Keller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das tötungsverbrechen im römischen recht seit der strafgesetzgebung des Sulla. ([Bern], 1896), by Hermann Ferdinand Hitzig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mittäterschaft und raufhandel seit Feuerbach. (Schletter, 1907), by Nikolaus Hermann Kriegsmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tötung und Lebensgefährdung ([section symbol][section symbol] 211-217, 222 RStrGB.) (Otto Liebmann, 1905), by Franz von Liszt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die tötungen. Grundzüge einer rechtsvergleichenden darstellung (Otto Liebmann, 1891), by Ernst Heinrich Rosenfeld (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die begriffe von mord und totschlag, sowie vorsätzlicher körperverletzung mit tödlichem ausgange in der gesetzgebung seit der mitte des 18ten jahrhunderts. (Marburg, 1890), by Friedrich Wachenfeld (page images at HathiTrust)
• Materiellrechtliche und prozessuale bedeutung des [section symbol] 213 des reichsstrafgesetzbuchs. (Breslau, 1903), by Albert Erlanger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The trial of Shama Charan Pal : an illustration of village life in Bengal (Lawrence and Bullen, 1897), by Shama Charan Pal and Eliza Orme (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'omicidio-suicidio : responsabilità giuridica. (Fratelli Bocca, 1895), by Enrico Ferri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Homicide, north and south. Being a comparative view of crime against the person in several parts of the United States. (J. B. Lippincott, 1880), by H. V. Redfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über Massenmörder; ein Beitrag zu den persoönlichen Berbrechensursachen und zu den Methoden ihrer Erforschung. (Springer, 1920), by Albrecht Wetzel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Murder in all ages : being a history of homicide from the earliest times, with the most celebrated murder cases faithfully reported, arranged under controlling motives and utilized to support the theory of homicidal impulse (A.E. Pinkerton & Co. suite 803, No. 215 Dearborn Street, 1898), by Matthew Worth Pinkerton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaestiones de consummatione homicidii imprimis quod attinet ad interpretationem legum 11, 15, 51 D. ad legem aquiliam 9, 2. (1862), by Eugen Rommel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pathological researches on death from suffocation and from syncope; and on vital and post-mortem burning. Suggested by the case of the alleged Bridgnorth matricide. (Churchill, 1850), by Samuel Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Des homicides commis par les aliénés (in French), by Émile Blanche (Gutenberg ebook)
• Advice to grand jurors in cases of blood asserting from law and reason that at the King's suit in all cases (where a person by law is to be indicted for killing of another person) that the indictment ought to be drawn for murther, and that the grand jury ought to find it murther, where their evidence is that the party intended to be indicted had his hands in blood, and did kill the other person / by Zachary Babington, Gent. (London : Printed for John Amery ..., 1677), by Zachary Babington (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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