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
Autor principal: Haber, Carole, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919.
Crittenden, Alexander Parker, > 1816-1870.
Fair, Laura D., > 1837-1919 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Proces (Meurtre) > Californie > San Francisco.
Trials (Murder) > California > San Francisco.
California > San Francisco.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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