Identifier: reportoftrialofw00durr (find matches)
Title: Report of the trial of William Henry Theodore Durrant, indicted for the murder of Blanche Lamont, before the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco : including a full history of the case after defendant's conviction ... : also including a complete synopsis of the evidence in possession of the authorities in the case for the murder of Minnie Williams, for which Durrant was never tried, but which developed into an even stronger case than the one upon which he was convicted : illustrated from numerous photographs in the possession of the Police Department of San Francisco
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Durrant, William Henry Theodore, 1871-1898 Peixotto, Edgar D
Subjects: Durrant, William Henry Theodore, 1871-1898 Lamont, Blanche, d. 1895 Williams, Minnie Flora, d. 1895 Trials (Murder) Murder
Publisher: Detroit : Collector Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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the purse by saying that he had found it whilst hewas walking along the street. There were some spots of blood found on a washstand at thechurch, but no blood stains were ever found on Durrants clothing,which fact was always argued as a point in the prisoners favor. As appears from the foregoing pages, Durrant was never tried forthe killing of Minnie Williams. The inquest on the body of MinnieWilliams, however, was held before that of Blanche Lamont and theCoroners jury promptly charged him with the crime of her murder.The first preliminary examination before the magistrate was on theWilliams case and the magistrate promptly held him to answer on thischarge. It was thought by the prosecuting officers that the chain ofevidence was most complete in the Lamont case and it was for thatreason that the Lamont charge was first tried, although in develop-ing the testimony in the Lamont case the witness Zenger was discov-ered which made the Williams case probably stronger than the Lamontcase.
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DETECTIVE JOHN SEYMOUR,Assistant to Capt. Lees. Popular Series . .OF Celebrated American I rials Vh, Webster7/furcier ase. THE Collector Publishing Co. will bringout within the next few months a seriesof great trials, including generally thestory of the case, the examination of the wit-nesses and the speeches of counsel. The firstof this series is now ready. It is the greattrial of Prof. Webster, of Harvard, for themurder of Dr. Parkman. There is no morefamous case in all the history of Americancriminal law. It is not only a most interest-ing case to read, however, although the storyis enthralling, the examination of the wit-nesses noteworthy, while the speeches of thegreat lawyers in the case hold the readersinterest to the end. It is a great authorityin the criminal law and procedure, and prob-ably no case ever tried is so frequently citedin the books. The report that we now bringout was prepared by George Bemis, Esq., oneof the counsel for the Commonwealth, andis, therefore, author

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