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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Autor principal: Tórrez, Robert J. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 2008
En:Año: 2008
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Capital Punishment > New Mexico > History
Hanging > New Mexico > History
Lynchjustiz
New Mexico > Erhängen > Geschichte
New Mexico > Social conditions
Todesstrafe
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Sumario: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"
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index
Descripción Física:X, 186 S. Ill., Kt. 23 cm
ISBN:0826343791
9780826343796