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Sex, murder, and the unwritten law : courting judicial Mayhem, Texas style /
- Title
- Sex, murder, and the unwritten law : courting judicial Mayhem, Texas style / Bill Neal ; foreword by Gordan Morris Bakken.
- Author
- Neal, Bill, 1936-
- Publication
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | KF221.M8 N433 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 280 pages.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- American liberty & justice
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780896726628
- 0896726622
- 9780896729810
- 0896729818
- LCCN
- 2009015357
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library