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Witness for the Defence by A. E. W. Mason

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Witness for the Defence
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Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Number of pages: 326

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A British barrister takes the witness stand after becoming embroiled in a shocking murder in colonial India. 'The Witness for the Defence' is a 1913 melodramatic novel by A.E.W. Mason. It was adapted by Mason from a 1911 play he had written. In 1919 it was made into an American silent film.

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