Sex, murder, and the unwritten law
Subtitle: courting judicial Mayhem, Texas style
By: Bill Neal.
Series: American liberty and justice
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780896726628
Subjects: Trials (Murder) -- Texas; Sex crimes -- Texas; Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Texas; Sex and law -- Texas -- Interpretation and construction; Gender and politics
Description: "Six Texas trials from 1896 to 1968 illuminate how "unwritten law" permitted violence toward offenders of Southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or sanctity of marriage. Explores the maneuvers of defense lawyers who managed to extricate guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis for a defense"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sex and the law : both written and unwritten; title: John Hallum tried for shooting a preacher defends himself in an irate community; title: The seduction of Verna Ware : the 1909 Gatesville courthouse massacre; title: Miss Winnie's revenge : the family murder; title: A Valentine's Day tragedy : the boy from the wrong side of the tracks; title: The cursed fortune, part one : Floyd Holmes and Warren Wagner; title: The cursed fortune, part two : Priscilla and Cullen Davis.