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...
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
2008
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In: | Year: 2008 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 3087 |
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Summary: | 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" |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index |
Physical Description: | X, 186 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm |
ISBN: | 0826343791 9780826343796 |