Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History The Lazier murder : Prince Edward County, 1884
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1442644214
ISBN 13
9781442644212
DDC
364.152
Category
Osgoode Society
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Publication Year
2011
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Pages
viii, 189 pages
Subject
Famous trials
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Abstract
"In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them - Joseph Thomset and David Lowder - were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent - even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows. The Lazier Murder explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. The Lazier Murder provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions."--Pub. desc.
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Content:
The crime -- Hugh McKinnon, detective -- A place apart -- Coroner's inquest -- Committal proceedings -- Picton Spring assizes, 1884 -- Surprise evidence -- The defence -- Verdict -- Last hope -- Pleas for mercy -- The day of execution approaches -- Community conscience.
The crime -- Hugh McKinnon, detective -- A place apart -- Coroner's inquest -- Committal proceedings -- Picton Spring assizes, 1884 -- Surprise evidence -- The defence -- Verdict -- Last hope -- Pleas for mercy -- The day of execution approaches -- Community conscience.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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