A hanging in Detroit : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the last execution under Michigan law / David G. Chardavoyne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chardavoyne, David G.

Series:

Great Lakes books.

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanging--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Hanging.

Capital punishment--Michigan--Detroit--History.

Capital punishment.

Detroit (Mich.)--History.

Detroit (Mich.).

Detroit (Mich.)--Social conditions.

Detroit (Mich.)--Politics and government.

Simmons, Stephen Gifford, 1780-1830.

Simmons, Stephen Gifford.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Hanging in Detroit will fascinate legal historians and lay readers alike with its incisive look into Great Lakes regional history and crime and punishment in Michigan.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Chapter 2 A Son of the Revolution""; ""Chapter 3 A Country That Will Suit Your Mind""; ""Chapter 4 A Crime at Which Human Nature Shudders""; ""Chapter 5 The Bench and Bar of the Michigan Territory""; ""Chapter 6 Trial and Sentence""; ""Chapter 7 Preparing for the Last Drop""; ""Chapter 8 The Day of Execution""; ""Chapter 9 The Abolition of Capital Punishment""; ""Chapter 10 Afterword""; ""Appendix a""; ""Appendix b""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

ISBN:

9780814337394

0814337392

OCLC:

794679027