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Author Lowe, Jessica K., author.

Title Murder in the Shenandoah : making law sovereign in revolutionary Virginia / Jessica K. Lowe, University of Virginia
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages)
Series Studies in legal history
Studies in legal history.
Contents The facts of the fight -- The making of a Republican judge -- Examination : class, procedure, and local courts in Crane's Virginia -- The bloody code and the logic of legal reform -- Indictment : power shifts and power continuities in Virginia's courts -- Crane's trial and its "imperfect" verdict -- That stigma on my character : judges, judicial review, and "Republican" interpretation of the laws -- Murder or manslaughter? : Crane's special verdict at the general court -- Pardon request : mercy and Crane's "lunatic fits."
Summary Tells the story of a sensational 1791 Virginia murder case, and explores Revolutionary America's debates over justice, criminal punishment, and equality before the law
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2019)
Subject Crane, John, Jr., -1792 -- Trials, litigation, etc
Trials (Murder) -- Virginia
Murder -- Virginia -- Shenandoah -- History -- 18th century
Equality before the law -- United States -- History
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Equality before the law
Murder
Trials
Trials (Murder)
United States
Virginia
Virginia -- Shenandoah
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
History
Trial and arbitral proceedings
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
Form Electronic book
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