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

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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 by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haber, Carole, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Temas:
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Crittenden, Alexander Parker, > 1816-1870.
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919.
Trials (Murder) > California > San Francisco.
Procès (Meurtre) > Californie > San Francisco.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Trials (Murder)
California > San Francisco.
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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