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Sex, murder & the unwritten law : gender and judicial mayhem, Texas style / Bill Neal ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
Van Pelt Library KF221.M8 N433 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neal, Bill, 1936-
- Series:
- American liberty & justice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trials (Murder)--Texas.
- Trials (Murder).
- Sex crimes--Texas.
- Sex crimes.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--Texas.
- Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- Sex and law--Texas--Interpretation and construction.
- Sex and law.
- Texas.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Sex, murder, and the unwritten law
- Place of Publication:
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2009]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780896726628
- 0896726622
- OCLC:
- 318672893
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