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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press
©2011
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| Series: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442693418 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.