The Trial of Levi Weeks

This rambling account of the first recorded murder trial in the U.S. tells how Weeks was accused of killing his fiancee, represented by illustrious lawyers and acquitted in 1800. ``Although the book offers an interesting view of the way criminal trials were conducted at the time . . . only the most rabid true-crime buffs are apt to be intrigued by the case,'' PW said. Illustrated. (Mar.)