I Have Struck Mrs. Cochran with a Stake : : Sleepwalking, Insanity, and the Trial of Abraham Prescott.
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| Superior document: | True Crime History |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ashland : : The Kent State University Press,, 2020. Ã2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | True Crime History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: The Murder
- 1. The Killing
- 2. The Cochran Family
- 3. Sally and Chauncey Cochran
- 4. Nighttime Attack
- 5. The Prescott Family
- 6. Indictment and Incarceration
- Part II: Abraham Prescott's Trials
- 7. The Prosecution Presents Its Case
- 8. The Defense's Opening Argument
- 9. The Defense Discusses Sleepwalking
- 10. The Avery Connection
- 11. Mental Illness in the Prescott Family
- 12. The Physicians Begin Their Testimony
- 13. More Physicians for the Defense
- 14. The Prosecution Rebuts
- 15. The Defense Begins Its Closing Argument
- 16. Closing Arguments Conclude
- 17. Verdict and Retrial
- 18. Reprieve, Riots, and Execution
- Part III: Somnambulism, Insanity, and Prescott's Legacy
- 19. New Hampshire's Need for an Asylum
- 20. The Sleepwalking Defense Evolves
- 21. The Insanity Plea
- 22. The Question of Responsibility
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.