The Lazier Murder
Prince Edward County, 1884
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 justic…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4426-4421-2
- EAN: 9781442644212
- Produktnummer: 11481874
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.1 cm 520 g
- Abbildungen: 16 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 520
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Robert J. Sharpe is a judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
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