All posts tagged "crime and punishment"
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4.2KCrime and ScandalJesse Pomeroy in 1874 Does the Unthinkable – Twice
In 1874, Jesse Pomeroy was sentenced to death for murdering at least two children. For the next 50 years America was fascinated...
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8.8K4Crime and ScandalUnequal Justice: Murders at Sea on the Albion Cooper and the Theresa
Life on a ship in the 1850s was neither democratic nor easy. The captain made the rules and punishments were fierce. In...
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12.4K1Crime and ScandalStephen Burroughs Counterfeiter – A Revolutionary Success Story
Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary war the new American country needed currency, and Stephen Burroughs was happy to oblige. He...
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3.7K4MassachusettsDaniel Foster, Amos Chapman and the Militia Muster Murder of 1787
The militia muster of 1787 in Boston would have been a celebration to be sure. Colonial musters were popular events for the...
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4.5K1Crime and ScandalIn 1634, Massachusetts Discovers the Cure for the Common Scold
Exorbitancy of the tongue, common railing . . . call it what you like. Early New England colonists had a problem: The...
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2.5K3Crime and ScandalLeroy Shear – The Respected Vermont Banker who Wasn’t
In 1879, Leroy Shear of St. Albans, Vermont, an honest, mild and respected banker, traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with President...
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7.0K4Crime and ScandalMary Rogers Brings the Capital Punishment Wars to Vermont
In 1905, Mary Rogers faced the hangman’s noose for murdering her husband. There was virtually no doubt of her guilt. But as...
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