The Lazier Murder : Prince Edward County, 1884

Sharpe, Robert J. (author., Author, Author).

Summary: In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them - Joseph Thomset and David Lowder - were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent - even pleading with prime minister John A. Macdonald to spare them from the gallows.The Lazier Murder explores a community's response to a crime, as well as the realization that it may have contributed to a miscarriage of justice. Robert J. Sharpe reconstructs and contextualizes the case using archival and contemporary newspaper accounts. The Lazier Murder provides an insightful look at the changing pattern of criminal justice in nineteenth-century Canada, and the enduring problem of wrongful convictions.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442693418
Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
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Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Map -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Crime -- 3 Hugh McKinnon, Detective -- 4 A Place Apart -- 5 Coroner's Inquest -- 6 Committal Proceedings -- 7 Picton Spring Assizes, 1884 -- 8 Surprise Evidence -- 9 The Defence -- 10 Verdict -- 11 Last Hope -- 12 Pleas for Mercy -- 13 The Day of Execution Approaches -- 14 Community Conscience -- Notes -- Index
Restrictions on Access Note:	restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
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Language Note:	In English.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by publisher.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)