Murder broadside.- bookbinder.- Dreadful Murder at Leicester. Particulars of a horrid Murder committed at Leicester ... by a person of the name of Cook, on the body of Mr. Paas, of London, printed broadside, foldlines and creases, small hole affecting odd letter, laid down on paper, c.375 x 125 mm., Nottingham, Ordoyno, [c.1832].*** James Cook, a bookbinder from Leicester, was tried and executed for the murder of Mr. Paas, a tradesman who manufactured brass instruments used in the trade of bookbinding. He was a respectable tradesman who would, on occasion, travel the country plying his trade. Cook was a customer, who rather than pay what was owed, killed Mr Paas before trying to destroy both his body and any evidence of the crime.The earliest known broadside on the murder, printed before Cook was found and arrested. He was the last person in England to be gibbeted.