The Lazier Murder : : Prince Edward County, 1884 / / Robert J. Sharpe.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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