Title: Double jeopardy
Author: Martin M. Goldsmith
Release date: July 8, 2026 [eBook #79047]
Language: English
Original publication: New York: The Macaulay Company, 1938
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BY MARTIN M. GOLDSMITH
NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
Copyright, 1938,
By The Macaulay Company
Printed in the United States of America
To
E. G. G.
"... And no person shall be subject to be twice put in
jeopardy for the same offence."
—Constitution of the State of New York; Article I, Section 6
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Is it possible in this day of enlightened justice for a man to be punished twice for the same crime?
Double Jeopardy answers this question, at the same time uncovering the greatest of the many loopholes in our modern jurisprudence. In this very human but striking novel are portrayed the calamities that can be visited upon any ordinary citizen by the cold, dispassionate judgment of our courts and our unimaginative and often stupid juries. Through the eyes of the victim, Peter Thatcher, this tense revelation unfolds, growing to ugly and utterly ridiculous proportions.
"Peter Thatcher has murdered his wife," people said. "I heard them quarreling," announced one. "And I," added another, "saw the blood."
To make matters worse, Thatcher himself could not be quite sure of his own innocence!
Not a problem novel, not a mystery novel, but rather a cross between the two, this thrilling story will be appreciated by those who read "The Postman Always Rings Twice."