Download or read book Killed a Young Girl, It Was Fine and Hot written by Keith McCloskey and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Killed a Young Girl, It was Fine and Hot" is the true story of the murder of eight year old Fanny Adams in Alton in 1867. It outlines the details of the dreadful murder itself, the arrest and subsequent trial of Frederick Baker and also compares it to the case of Daniel McNaughton whose case laid down the guidelines for the treatment of the criminally insane in court. The book also explains how the expression "Sweet FA" came into common usage in the English Language.