Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland [The Maryland Paperback Bookshelf]

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Book Title
Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland (The Maryland Paperback B
ISBN
9780801854248
Subject Area
Law, True Crime, Social Science, History
Publication Name
Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Length
9.1 in
Subject
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Penology
Publication Year
1996
Series
Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Raphael Semmes
Features
Reprint
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
342 Pages
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801854245
ISBN-13
9780801854248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
382319

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Number of Pages
342 Pages
Publication Name
Crime and Punishment in Early Maryland
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Subject
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Penology
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law, True Crime, Social Science, History
Author
Raphael Semmes
Series
Maryland Paperback Bookshelf Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-004690
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
''The subject of this book pertains to events, often unpleasant, in the domestic lives of the 17th-century Maryland colonists.''--publisher's catalog description, 1938 Marylander Edward Erbery called members of the colony's proprietary assembly ''rogues and puppies''; he was tied to an apple tree and received thirty-nine lashes. Jacob Lumbrozo, a ......, "The subject of this book pertains to events, often unpleasant, in the domestic lives of the 17th-century Maryland colonists." --publisher's catalog description, 1938 Marylander Edward Erbery called members of the colony's proprietary assembly "rogues and puppies"; he was tied to an apple tree and received thirty-nine lashes. Jacob Lumbrozo, a Maryland Jew who suggested Christ's miracles were done by "magic," was imprisoned indefinitely, escaping execution only by the governor's pardon. Rebecca Fowler was accused of using witchcraft to cause her Calvert County neighbors to feel "very much the worse;" she was hanged on October 9, 1685. Mrs. Thomas Ward whipped a runaway maidservant with a peachtree rod, then rubbed salt into the girl's wounds; the girl died, and Mrs. Ward was fined three hundred pounds of tobacco. Now available in a new paperback edition, Raphael Semmes's classic Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland contains a wealth of colorful--though often disturbing--details about the law and lawbreakers in 17th-century Maryland. Semmes explains, for instance, that theft was rare among early Marylanders--if only because the colonists had little worth stealing. But what the colonists valued, they endeavored to protect: A 1662 law punished a person twice-convicted of hog-stealing by branding an "H" on his shoulder. (Widely perceived as being too lenient, the law was amended four years later: first offense, "H" on the forehead.) Men caught in adultery were often fined; women were often whipped. And knowing how to swim was so rare among 17th-century women that suggesting one could do so was tantamount to accusing her of witchcraft: a minister's son who claimed as much was sued by the woman for defamation of character. Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland offers fascinating and detailed case histories on such crimes as theft, libel, assault and homicide, as well as on adultery, profanity, drunkenness, and witchcraft. It also explores long-forgotten aspects of old English law, such as theftbote (an early form of "victim compensation"), deodand (an animal or article which, having caused the death of a human being, was forfeited to the Crown for "pious uses"), and the blood test for murderers., ''The subject of this book pertains to events, often unpleasant, in the domestic lives of the 17th-century Maryland colonists.''--publisher's catalog description, 1938 Marylander Edward Erbery called members of the colony's proprietary assembly ''rogues and puppies''; he was tied to an apple tree and received thirty-nine lashes. Jacob Lumbrozo, a Maryland Jew who suggested Christ's miracles were done by ''magic,'' was imprisoned indefinitely, escaping execution only by the governor's pardon. Rebecca Fowler was accused of using witchcraft to cause her Calvert County neighbors to feel ''very much the worse;'' she was hanged on October 9, 1685. Mrs. Thomas Ward whipped a runaway maidservant with a peachtree rod, then rubbed salt into the girl's wounds; the girl died, and Mrs. Ward was fined three hundred pounds of tobacco. Now available in a new paperback edition, Raphael Semmes's classic Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland contains a wealth of colorful--though often disturbing--details about the law and lawbreakers in 17th-century Maryland. Semmes explains, for instance, that theft was rare among early Marylanders--if only because the colonists had little worth stealing. But what the colonists valued, they endeavored to protect: A 1662 law punished a person twice-convicted of hog-stealing by branding an ''H'' on his shoulder. (Widely perceived as being too lenient, the law was amended four years later: first offense, ''H'' on the forehead.) Men caught in adultery were often fined; women were often whipped. And knowing how to swim was so rare among 17th-century women that suggesting one could do so was tantamount to accusing her of witchcraft: a minister's son who claimed as much was sued by the woman for defamation of character. Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland offers fascinating and detailed case histories on such crimes as theft, libel, assault and homicide, as well as on adultery, profanity, drunkenness, and witchcraft. It also explores long-forgotten aspects of old English law, such as theftbote (an early form of ''victim compensation''), deodand (an animal or article which, having caused the death of a human being, was forfeited to the Crown for ''pious uses''), and the blood test for murderers.
LC Classification Number
HV9955.M3S45 1996

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