Chardavoyne, David G.

Hanging in Detroit : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution under Michigan Law. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (258 pages) - Great Lakes Books . - Great Lakes Books .

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Son of the Revolution -- Chapter 3 "A Country That Will Suit Your Mind" -- Chapter 4 "A Crime at Which Human Nature Shudders" -- Chapter 5 The Bench and Bar of the Michigan Territory -- Chapter 6 Trial and Sentence -- Chapter 7 Preparing for the Last Drop -- Chapter 8 The Day of Execution -- Chapter 9 The Abolition of Capital Punishment -- Chapter 10 Afterword -- Appendix a -- Appendix b -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

9780814337394


Simmons, Stephen Gifford, -- 1780-1830.
Hanging -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
Capital punishment -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.
Detroit (Mich.) -- History.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Social conditions.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government.


Electronic books.

HV8579 -- .C33 2003eb

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