The Lazier murder : Prince Edward County, 1884 /

"In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them - Joseph Thomset and David Lowder - were sentenced to death by a j...

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Hlavní autor: Sharpe, Robert J.
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press ©2011
Edice:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442693418
Obsah:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 2 The Crime
  • Chapter 3 Hugh McKinnon: Detective
  • Chapter 4 A Place Apart
  • Chapter 5 Coroner's Inquest
  • Chapter 6 Committal Proceedings
  • Chapter 7 Picton Spring Assizes, 1884
  • Chapter 8 Surprise Evidence
  • Chapter 9 The Defence
  • Chapter 10 Verdict
  • Chapter 11 Last Hope
  • Chapter 12 Pleas for Mercy
  • Chapter 13 The Day of Execution Approaches
  • Chapter 14 Community Conscience.