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The Montana vigilantes, 1863-1870 : gold, guns, and gallows / / Judge Mark C. Dillon



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Autore: Dillon Mark C Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Montana vigilantes, 1863-1870 : gold, guns, and gallows / / Judge Mark C. Dillon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Logan : , : Utah State University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
Disciplina: 978.6/01
Soggetto topico: Vigilance committees - Montana - History - 19th century
Vigilantes - Montana - History - 19th century
Outlaws - Montana - History - 19th century
Criminal justice, Administration of - Montana - History - 19th century
Frontier and pioneer life - Montana
Soggetto geografico: Montana History 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Figures; Preface; 1. All that Glitters Is Not Gold; 2. The Rise and Dominance of the "Fourteen-Mile City" at Alder Gulch; 3. The First Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 4. The Second Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 5. The Third Factor Leading to Vigilantism in the Region; 6. The Murder of Nicholas Tiebolt and the Trial and Execution of George Ives; 7. Formation of the Vigilance Committee; 8. The Hanging Spree Begins; 9. The Bloody Drama Moves from Bannack to Virginia City; 10. The Establishment of a Territorial Court at Alder Gulch
11. Vigilantism Migrates North to Helena, 1865-7012. The Power of Reprieve and the Execution of James Daniels; 13. Normative Due Process and Trial Procedure in the Criminal Cases of 1860's Montana; 14. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Arrests and Trials; 15. Due Process and Procedure: Vigilante Sentences; 16. Postmortem Echoes of Times Past; 17. Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Historians and novelists alike have described the vigilantism that took root in the gold-mining communities of Montana in the mid-1860's, but Mark C. Dillon is the first to examine the subject through the prism of American legal history, considering the state of criminal justice and law enforcement in the western territories and also trial procedures, gubernatorial politics, legislative enactments, and constitutional rights.Using newspaper articles, diaries, letters, biographies, invoices, and books that speak to the compelling history of Montana's vigilantism in the 1860's, Dillon
Titolo autorizzato: The Montana vigilantes, 1863-1870  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4571-8395-1
0-87421-920-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463576603321
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