Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Excerpt from "Hanged by the Neck Until You Be Dead," or Why the Death Sentence Should Be Abolished: By a Member of the New York Bar Murder among the Goths in Sweden and Denmark - Case of John Roose - Coke's definition of murder - Blackstone's com ments and opinion of murder - Cases of Lord Stafford and Lord Russell - Case of the Shears brothers - Execution for trivial offences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

How the tangles of nineteenth-century justice ensnared an itinerant worker in Louisiana

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.