Victoria, BC: Trafford. Very Good-; Text is clean. Signed by author on title page. Cover shows light shelfwear, but both front and back covers curl. Light soiling to side text edge. 2002. Paperback. Book Description: The mystery surrounding the accuser only deepended as more facts became known. In the fall of 1905, the State of California was forced to change its inheritance law. The State Legislature enacted what was being referred to then as "The Patricide Law". This book is about the young individual (20 years of age) who caused the enactment of that law. This book is about Adolph Julius Weber, who was arrested for what was considered at the time as one of the most atrocious crimes ever committed in California at the start of the 20th century. It being committed in the small town of Auburn, Calidornia, a population of 2, 000. Adolph Weber had not only committed Patricide, but Matricide, Parricide and Fratricide. This book takes an in-depth look at the events that surrounded the crimes that were committed, and follows the events surrounding Adolph J. Weber as they unfolded and were followed by the newspapers. Although there was no actual proof that Adolph J. Weber committed the crime, he became the prime suspect, partly because of his own actions after the murders! , thus Adolph Weber was arrested and eventually tried for the crime mostly on circumstant ial evidence. The book covers the Coroner's Inquest that was held, the Preliminary Examination, the Grand Jury, and the trial. ; 282 pages; Signed by Author .