Project Gutenberg 2010-01-10 Public domain in the USA. 60 Upward, Allen 1863 1926 Upward, A. (Allen) The Queen Against Owen Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Queen Against Owen" by Allen Upward is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character Eleanor Margaret Owen, who stands accused of the murder of her benefactress, Ann Elizabeth Lewis. The book delves into the intricacies of circumstantial evidence as Eleanor faces a dramatic trial that highlights various legal and moral questions surrounding justice. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for a gripping legal drama, beginning with the formal indictment of Eleanor for murder. A barrister, Mr. Prescott, receives a brief for the prosecution, detailing the mysterious events leading up to the death of Miss Lewis and the emergence of potentially incriminating evidence against Eleanor. The text introduces key witnesses and elements of the case, including Eleanor's dubious alibi and the motive suggested by the disappearance of valuable jewels. As the courtroom drama unfolds, the tension between the characters is palpable, and the struggle for truth amidst a barrage of circumstantial evidence becomes central to the narrative. The early chapters establish a rich groundwork for an exploration of innocence and guilt, leaving readers eager to see how the trial will develop and what fate awaits Eleanor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Trials (Murder) -- Fiction Legal stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 306322 306305 2024-09-13T07:35:44.423240 2023-09-13T12:17:35.853897 text/html text/html 317250 2021-01-06T00:39:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 124104 2021-01-06T00:39:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 189728 2024-09-13T07:35:50.670244 application/epub+zip 190759 2024-09-13T07:35:46.004261 application/epub+zip 174872 2024-09-13T07:35:45.058325 application/epub+zip 354399 2024-09-13T07:35:54.295245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325771 2024-09-13T07:35:49.903236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310422 2022-09-14T09:04:38.248407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273878 273689 2024-09-13T07:35:43.555278 2023-09-13T12:17:35.051920 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 273743 2021-01-06T00:39:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 102998 2021-01-06T00:39:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 273736 2021-01-06T00:39:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102970 2021-01-06T00:39:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20741 2024-09-13T07:35:54.437183 application/rdf+xml 15064 2024-09-13T07:35:45.418246 image/jpeg 4175 2024-09-13T07:35:45.238270 image/jpeg 176841 2024-09-13T07:35:44.452511 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia