Myth of the hanging tree: stories of crime and punishment in territorial New Mexico
Myth of the hanging tree -- Legal hangings and capital punishment in New Mexico -- Two of history's forgotten desperados -- Murder, politics, and justice in frontier New Mexico : the framing of Perfecto Padilla -- The man who was hanged twice -- Witness to a hanging -- Shoot-out at Gallegos Can...
1. VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Medienart: | Druck Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
2008
|
In: | Jahr: 2008 |
Online Zugang: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
Bestand in Tübingen: | In Tübingen vorhanden. UB: KB 20 A 3087 |
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
Subito Bestelldienst: | Jetzt bestellen. |
Schlagwörter: |
Zusammenfassung: | Myth of the hanging tree -- Legal hangings and capital punishment in New Mexico -- Two of history's forgotten desperados -- Murder, politics, and justice in frontier New Mexico : the framing of Perfecto Padilla -- The man who was hanged twice -- Witness to a hanging -- Shoot-out at Gallegos Canyon -- Judicial gems : the art of judicial sentences in territorial New Mexico -- "Young, ignorant, and immoral" : murder by poison at Hillsboro, New Mexico -- Paula Angel : a search for the "only woman ever hanged in New Mexico" -- The old penitentiary : New Mexico's "first new public building" |
---|---|
Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index |
Beschreibung: | X, 186 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |
ISBN: | 0826343791 9780826343796 |