Sex, murder, and the unwritten law

courting judicial Mayhem, Texas style

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Sex, murder, and the unwritten law

courting judicial Mayhem, Texas style

"Six Texas trials from 1896 to 1968 illuminate how "unwritten law" permitted violence toward offenders of Southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or sanctity of marriage. Explores the maneuvers of defense lawyers who managed to extricate guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis for a defense"--Provided by publisher.

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Table of Contents

Sex and the law : both written and unwritten
John Hallum tried for shooting a preacher defends himself in an irate community
The seduction of Verna Ware : the 1909 Gatesville courthouse massacre
Miss Winnie's revenge : the family murder
A Valentine's Day tragedy : the boy from the wrong side of the tracks
The cursed fortune, part one : Floyd Holmes and Warren Wagner
The cursed fortune, part two : Priscilla and Cullen Davis.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lubbock, Tex
Series
American liberty and justice

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
345.764/02523
Library of Congress
KF221.M8 N433 2009, KF221.M8N433 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23208000M
Internet Archive
sexmurderunwritt0000neal
ISBN 13
9780896726628
LCCN
2009015357
OCLC/WorldCat
318672893
Library Thing
9191023
Goodreads
7032872

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