The Montana Vigilantes 1863-1870 : Gold,Guns and Gallows /

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Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860s, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement i...

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Autor principal: Dillon, Mark C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vigilantes.
Vigilance committees.
Outlaws.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Hors-la-loi > Montana > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Membres de groupes d'autodefense > Montana > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Frontier and pioneer life > Montana.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Montana > History > 19th century.
Outlaws > Montana > History > 19th century.
Vigilantes > Montana > History > 19th century.
Vigilance committees > Montana > History > 19th century.
Montana.
Montana > History > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1. All that Glitters Is Not Gold; 2. The Rise and Dominance of the "Fourteen-Mile City" at Alder Gulch; 3. The First Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 4. The Second Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 5. The Third Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 6. The Murder of Nicholas Tiebolt and the Trial and Execution of George Ives; 7. Formation of the Vigilance Committee; 8. The Hanging Spree Begins; 9. The Bloody Drama Moves from Bannack to Virginia City; 10. The Establishment of a Territorial Court at Alder Gulch.
  • 11. Vigilantism Migrates North to Helena, 1865-7012. The Power of Reprieve and the Execution of James Daniels; 13. Normative Due Process and Trial Procedure in the Criminal Cases of 1860s Montana; 14. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Arrests and Trials; 15. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Sentences; 16. Postmortem Echoes of Times Past; 17. Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; About the Author; Index.

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