9781595310569
The balance of justice : a Utica streetcar murder of 1872 :a novel
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"In January 1872, Josephine McCarty was indicted for murder in a shooting on a horse-drawn streetcar in Utica, New York. There were witnesses, and the common consensus was that the woman would hang. Then the governor of New York called a special term of court, and his attorney general sent a high-powered lawyer to aid the prosecution. Why? Perhaps the story was more complex than it appeared" -- Back cover.
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0 current holds with 1 total copy.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Wood Library Association - Canandaigua | FIC HOP (Text) Adult Fiction |
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Record details
- ISBN: 9781595310569
- Physical Description: v, 290 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Utica, New York : North Country Books, Inc., 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "In January 1872, Josephine McCarty was indicted for murder in a shooting on a horse-drawn streetcar in Utica, New York. There were witnesses, and the common consensus was that the woman would hang. Then the governor of New York called a special term of court, and his attorney general sent a high-powered lawyer to aid the prosecution. Why? Perhaps the story was more complex than it appeared" -- Back cover. |
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| Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Legal stories. Fiction. |