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Author Chardavoyne, David G

Title A hanging in Detroit : Stephen Gifford Simmons and the last execution under Michigan law / David G. Chardavoyne
Published Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages) : illustrations
Series Great Lakes books
Great Lakes books.
Contents 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
Fg -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Simmons, Stephen Gifford, 1780-1830.
SUBJECT Simmons, Stephen Gifford, 1780-1830 fast
Subject Hanging -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
Capital punishment -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
Capital punishment
Hanging
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Detroit (Mich.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94002942
Detroit (Mich.) -- Social conditions
Detroit (Mich.) -- Politics and government
Subject Michigan -- Detroit
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814337394
0814337392