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John H. Phelps ads. the people : bill of exceptions : Hamilton Harris, district attorney, of counsel for the people : D. Wright and J.M. Kimball, attys. and of counsel for the prisoner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phelps, John H--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Phelps, John H.
- Phelps, Eliza, -1854.
- Phelps, Eliza.
- Trials (Murder)--New York (State)--Albany.
- Trials (Murder).
- Insanity (Law)--New York (State).
- Insanity (Law).
- Murder.
- New York (State).
- Murder--New York (State)--West Troy.
- New York (State)--West Troy.
- New York (State)--Albany.
- Genre:
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (43 pages).
- Manufacture:
- Albany : Weed, Parsons and Company, 1855.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1855]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Trial of John H. Phelps for the murder of his wife, Eliza. The counsels for the defendant "contended that the prisoner was insane when he killed his wife, and therefore was not guilty of murder" but the jury found Phelps guilty and the court sentenced him to be hung on Jan. 19, 1855. Phelps received at least three reprieves from the governor and it has not been determined whether the execution actually took place.
- Notes:
- Signed (page 43): "Ira Harris, John R. Williams, John C. Chism."
- Text marked with references numbers, 1-203, in margins.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 937013303
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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