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active 19th century C. G. (Charles G.) Stewart
Known today mainly for a single surviving legal volume, this 19th-century writer helped document some of the era’s most notorious poisoning trials. The work blends courtroom reporting with practical notes on toxic substances, giving modern listeners a vivid glimpse of Victorian crime and justice.
1 Audiobook
Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning; by Prussic Acid, Strychnia, Antimony, Arsenic, and Aconita. Including the trials of Tawell, W. Palmer, Dove, Madeline Smith, Dr. Pritchard, Smethurst, and Dr. Lamson, with chemical introduction and notes on the poisons used
by G. Lathom (George Lathom) Browne, active 19th century C. G. (Charles G.) Stewart
About the author
Very little biographical information about C. G. Stewart has been reliably preserved online, and major library and public-domain records identify the author only as C. G. (Charles G.) Stewart, active 19th century.
Stewart is best known as the co-author, with G. Lathom Browne, of Reports of Trials for Murder by Poisoning. First published in the late 19th century, the book gathers famous poisoning cases and adds explanatory material about the poisons involved, reflecting the period’s growing interest in forensic science, criminal law, and sensational true crime.
Because so few confirmed personal details are available, Stewart remains a somewhat shadowy figure. Even so, this surviving work has kept the name in circulation as part of the long history of crime writing and legal reporting.