The Murder Trial of Judge Peel

Description from THE MURDER TRIAL OF JUDGE PEEL by Jim Bishop is taken from the back cover of the book.

On March 7th, 1961, Joseph A. Peel went on trial for his life, accused of complicity in a vicious, bizarre murder. To many, Joe Peel just didn't look the part. In his early thirties, he was handsome and winning in his ways, given to white linen suits, heavy horn-rimmed sunglasses and air-conditioned Cadillacs.

Him self a former municipal judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, he was now accused of murdering another judge, who had disappeared five years earlier, and of who no trace has even been found.

But come and attend, as America's favorite reporter vividly re-creates, in nuances that range from comic irony to a serious study of distilled evil, a trial that is likely to become an American Classic.