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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Haber, Carole, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Subjects:
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.
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