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The trials of Laura Fair : sex, murder, and insanity in the Victorian West /

On November 3, 1870, on a San Francisco ferry, Laura Fair shot a bullet into the heart of her married lover, A. P. Crittenden. Throughout her two murder trials, Fair's lawyers, supported by expert testimony from physicians, claimed that the shooting was the result of temporary insanity caused b...

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Основен автор: Haber, Carole, 1951- (Author)
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013].
Предмети:
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Crittenden, Alexander Parker, > 1816-1870.
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919.
Trials (Murder) > California > San Francisco.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Trials (Murder)
California > San Francisco.
Electronic books.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Trials of Laura Fair.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction : Laura D. Fair and the unwritten law
  • The she-devil known as Mrs. Laura D. Fair
  • The case for the prosecution
  • The defense responds
  • The Appeal
  • The Second Trial
  • The Fair Lunatic
  • Epilogue: The Many Faces of Laura D. Fair.

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