Ten steps to the gallows

St. John's, Nfld.: Jesperson Press, 1981. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pictorial paperback, vi, 120 pages : illustrations, a very good copy,CONTENTS: Dedication & Acknowledgements -- Introduction --Preface --Till Death Do Us Part --Triple Murder on Carter's Hill --The Hanging the Bishop Couldn't Stop --The Chinese Ceremonial Killing --Water Street --Our Most Unusual Funeral -- Double Murder at Harbour Grace -The Murder of the "Scrooge of Water Street" --They're Hanging Frankie Canning --Butchered by Two Irish Rogues --Murdered by the Irish --Other Hangings --H.M.P. -- Where They Were Hanged --The Myth of the Courthouse Window Hangings --Where were they Buried? --Conditions at the Penitentiary --1859-1932 --The Child Murderer of Harbour Grace -- The Power Gang's Murder of a Newfoundland Court Justice -- The Southside Road Murder --Hanged for Killing a Cow --The Murder of Billy Quinn --Murder at Bonne Bay --Bibliography..