Do you think William Herbert Wallace was guilty?

[AmericanSherlock]

In case anyone is interested, this is the best price I have ever seen for this book since it went out of print.

https://www.ebay.com/p/The-Murder-of-Julia-Wallace-Murphy-James-1872568815/1075881784

[ColdCaseJury]

The first book in the Cold Case Jury series is published next week - my copies arrived today. The Wallace Case will be the second in the series - I'm writing it now. And I have to say - genuinely - I am no nearer in deciding which is the best theory.

The Green Bicycle Mystery is not a good as the Wallace case in terms of the evidence pointing one way and then the next - which case is? - but arguably it is one of the best stories in cannon of unsolved true crime. Set in England in 1919, it reads like a case from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes... what more do you need to know?

[John G]

The first book in the Cold Case Jury series is published next week - my copies arrived today. The Wallace Case will be the second in the series - I'm writing it now. And I have to say - genuinely - I am no nearer in deciding which is the best theory.

The Green Bicycle Mystery is not a good as the Wallace case in terms of the evidence pointing one way and then the next - which case is? - but arguably it is one of the best stories in cannon of unsolved true crime. Set in England in 1919, it reads like a case from the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes... what more do you need to know?

Hi CCJ,

Thanks for this, and ill definitely purchase the new Wallace book-will it be a revised edition from the electronic version or a completely new book? I also have your book, the Green Bicycle Mystery, on Kindle, and it, too, was a most enjoyable read.

By the way, would you consider writing a book about the Hammersmith Nude Murders, which must rank as one of the most fascinating unsolved serial killer cases?

I suppose a big problem is that the police files haven't been officially released. I've read the late David Seabrook's book, Jack of Jumps, which is highly informative, although frankly some of the language he used to describe the unfortunate victims was an absolute disgrace. However, I understand he was given access to the records by "mistake"after he apparently requested information on another case he was working on.

[ColdCaseJury]

Hi CCJ,

Thanks for this, and ill definitely purchase the new Wallace book-will it be a revised edition from the electronic version or a completely new book? I also have your book, the Green Bicycle Mystery, on Kindle, and it, too, was a most enjoyable read.

Hi John, thanks for your kind comments. All the books are updated, including The Green Bicycle Mystery, which includes updated text/arguments, a new chapter, new evidence documents, and new photographs, some of which have never been published before.

I now believe the complete story of the case has been told for the first time. And Mirror Books have done a great job in the production and layout. Worth checking out!

[RodCrosby]

Official record of Wallace's appeal.

https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/other_rex_v_wallace.pdf

[RodCrosby]

BREAKING: I have now discovered forensic linguistic analysis which supports my deduction, published several years [2013] after I first identified the untruths in Parry's statement [2008].

http://www.linguisticevidence.org/lesli/

Hopefully, the reference will appear in Antony's book.

[AmericanSherlock]

BREAKING: I have now discovered forensic linguistic analysis which supports my deduction, published several years [2013] after I first identified the untruths in Parry's statement [2008].

http://www.linguisticevidence.org/lesli/

Hopefully, the reference will appear in Antony's book.

Surely, you can't be serious?

[RodCrosby]

Perfectly serious, AS.

You will see that the relevant false parts of Parry's statement are in fact textbook examples of what are now known as "markers of deception" by linguistic forensic analysis practitioners.

http://www.acfe.com/who-we-are.aspx

http://www.lesli-journal.org/ojs/index.php/lesli

[AmericanSherlock]

Perfectly serious, AS.

You will see that the relevant false parts of Parry's statement are in fact textbook examples of what are now known as "markers of deception" by linguistic forensic analysis practitioners.

http://www.acfe.com/who-we-are.aspx

http://www.lesli-journal.org/ojs/index.php/lesli

It's already been made obvious he did not fully tell the truth in his statement, particularly in regards to some of his movements on the 19th. There are multiple possibilities why this might be so that don't necessitate his guilt (or involvement) I'm sure you can think of all of them yourself. It is suspicious, but not in any way conclusive. We don't need modern pseudoscience to bolster this fact.

How does that fully support your "deduction"?

[RodCrosby]

In 2008, I was the first person in the world to suggest that part of Parry's statement about his movements on the murder night was probable lies, solely due to its linguistic quality.

I now have independent verification from peer-reviewed experts that I was correct in my analysis...

[AmericanSherlock]

In 2008, I was the first person in the world to suggest that part of Parry's statement about his movements on the murder night was probable lies, solely due to its linguistic quality.

I now have independent verification from peer-reviewed experts that I was correct in my analysis...

You do not seem very humble. I think you have a personal stake in being right about everything, which makes me question your impartiality and willingness to consider facts that do not jibe with your "analysis."

[RodCrosby]

Staying positive and focused...

Liverpool had in the early 20th Century one of the most advanced and intensive tram systems in the world. Map from 1930...

Statistics from 1913 show 13 million miles travelled and 144 million passengers carried in that year alone.

[RodCrosby]

Some great films of the Liverpool trams, including some footage from the time of Wallace and Parry...



Reminiscent of a North American city - which should not be surprising, considering that so many of their aspects of architecture, infrastructure and transport had been pioneered in Liverpool, not least the prototype of the skyscraper in 1864...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_pQPhVWNTY

Liverpool in 1931 would have been a sight to behold:-

"Liverpool is the biggest port ... there was something to see from Dingle up to Bootle, and as far again as Birkenhead on the other side. Yellow water, bellowing steam ferries, white trans-atlantic liners, towers, cranes, stevedores, skiffs, shipyards, trains, smoke, chaos, hooting, ringing, hammering, puffing, the ruptured bellies of the ships, the stench of horses, the sweat, urine, and waste from all the continents of the world ... And if I heaped up words for another half an hour, I wouldn't achieve the full number, confusion and expanse which is called Liverpool..."
Karel Čapek, Letters from England, 1924

[John G]

BREAKING: I have now discovered forensic linguistic analysis which supports my deduction, published several years [2013] after I first identified the untruths in Parry's statement [2008].

http://www.linguisticevidence.org/lesli/

Hopefully, the reference will appear in Antony's book.

However, this is an emerging discipline and not without controversy: see Littlejohn and Metha, 2012 https://www.academia.edu/3573524/The...?auto=download

[John G]

In 2008, I was the first person in the world to suggest that part of Parry's statement about his movements on the murder night was probable lies, solely due to its linguistic quality.

I now have independent verification from peer-reviewed experts that I was correct in my analysis...

But with respect, you're not a qualified expert in this emerging field, and I'm not sure why you argue that you have "independent verification" of your analysis, especially as no expert has actually reviewed your conclusions.

Thus, "The quality of evidence from this emerging field also depends considerably on the experience and knowledge of individual linguists involved in a given case." (Littlejohn and Metha, 2013, p94.)