MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01995cam a22003374a 4500
001 2009015357
003 DLC
005 20101004141905.0
008 090410s2009 txuab b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2009015357
020 $a9780896726628 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0896726622 (hbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn318672893
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dBWX$dYLS$dCDX$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aKF221.M8$bN433 2009
082 00 $a345.764/02523$222
100 1 $aNeal, Bill,$d1936-
245 10 $aSex, murder & the unwritten law :$bgender and judicial mayhem, Texas style /$cBill Neal ; foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
246 18 $aSex, murder, and the unwritten law
260 $aLubbock, Tex. :$bTexas Tech University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axvi, 280 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aAmerican liberty & justice
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-270) and index.
505 0 $aSex and the law, both written and unwritten -- John Hallum tried for shooting a preacher : defends himself in an irate community -- The seduction of Verna Ware : the 1909 Gatesville courthouse massacre -- Miss Winnie's revenge : the family murder -- A Valentine's Day tragedy : the boy from the wrong side of the tracks -- The cursed fortune : part one : Floyd Holmes and Warren Wagner -- The cursed fortune : part two : Priscilla and Cullen Davis.
520 $a"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.
650 0 $aTrials (Murder)$zTexas.
650 0 $aSex crimes$zTexas.
650 0 $aSex discrimination in criminal justice administration$zTexas.
650 0 $aSex and law$zTexas$xInterpretation and construction.