Conan Doyle's finest moment.(law and literature)(Arthur Conan Doyle)(Viewpoint essay) From: LawNow | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Normey, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Alberta, Legal Resource Centre. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may have created the world's greatest and most famous detective but he never claimed to have the deductive powers of Sherlock Holmes. This didn't stop people from asking the celebrity author to help them solve true crime matters. By 1906, when Conan Doyle was 47, he was inundated with requests for assistance. Like his fictional detective, he possessed a powerful memory and a vast knowledge of crime. Once, when he read a news item of a young bride found drowne...