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Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law

Bill Neal
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      From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seduction, and sodomy were many, but formal penal codes seemed much too merciful to suit most southerners, who believed in direct and personal redress of such wrongs.“Unwritten law” seemed to justify the killing—or at least maiming—of almost anyone who by actual physical contact or inappropriate comment offended southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or the “sanctity of marriage.” Illicit sex is the catalyst in all the Texas murder trials recounted in Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law. Bill Neal explores the imaginative machinations of defense lawyers who extricated obviously guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis upon which to peg a defense. The courtroom triumphs and underlying strategies detailed in this book are remarkable and entertaining for lawyers, historians, and laypersons alike.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bill Neal EAN: 9780896729810 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 497 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Texas Tech Press,U.S. DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-09-15 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), LAW / Legal History, TRUE CRIME / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      As a practicing criminal lawyer, Bill Neal spent more than four decades frequenting county courthouses in West Texas and hearing tales of sensational crimes and celebrated trials of bygone years. A two-time winner of the Rupert N. Richardson Award, Neal has garnered honors from the National Association for Outlaw and Lawmen History, the West Texas Historical Association, the Writers’ League of Texas, and the Western Writers of America. He and his wife, Gayla, live in Abilene, Texas.
      From the 1880s until after World War I, Texas prosecutions for adultery, fornication, rape, seduction, and sodomy were many, but formal penal codes seemed much too merciful to suit most southerners, who believed in direct and personal redress of such wrongs.“Unwritten law” seemed to justify the killing—or at least maiming—of almost anyone who by actual physical contact or inappropriate comment offended southern notions of female virtue, male honor, or the “sanctity of marriage.” Illicit sex is the catalyst in all the Texas murder trials recounted in Sex, Murder, and the Unwritten Law. Bill Neal explores the imaginative machinations of defense lawyers who extricated obviously guilty clients when there appeared no legal basis upon which to peg a defense. The courtroom triumphs and underlying strategies detailed in this book are remarkable and entertaining for lawyers, historians, and laypersons alike.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Bill Neal EAN: 9780896729810 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 497 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Texas Tech Press,U.S. DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-09-15 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX), LAW / Legal History, TRUE CRIME / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Legal history

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      As a practicing criminal lawyer, Bill Neal spent more than four decades frequenting county courthouses in West Texas and hearing tales of sensational crimes and celebrated trials of bygone years. A two-time winner of the Rupert N. Richardson Award, Neal has garnered honors from the National Association for Outlaw and Lawmen History, the West Texas Historical Association, the Writers’ League of Texas, and the Western Writers of America. He and his wife, Gayla, live in Abilene, Texas.

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