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title:Law and Liberty in Early New England : Criminal Justice and Due Process, 1620-1692
author:McManus, Edgar J.
publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin:0870238248
print isbn13:9780870238246
ebook isbn13:9780585083896
language:English
subjectCriminal justice, Administration of--New England--History--17th century, Criminal law--New England--History--17th century.
publication date:1993
lcc:KF9223.M38 1993eb
ddc:345.74/05
subject:Criminal justice, Administration of--New England--History--17th century, Criminal law--New England--History--17th century.
Page iii
Law and Liberty in Early New England
Criminal Justice and Due Process, 16201692
Edgar J. McManus
The University of Massachusetts Press
Amherst
Page iv
Copyright 1993 by
The University of Massachusetts Press
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 92-18719
ISBN 0-87023-824-8
Designed by David Ford
Set in Plantin by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McManus, Edgar J.
Law and liberty in early New England: criminal justice and
due process, 16201692 / Edgar J. McManus.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-87023-824-8 (alk. paper)
1. Criminal justice, Administration ofNew England
History17th century. 2. Criminal lawNew England
History17th century. I. Title.
KF9223.M38 1993
345.74'05-dc20Picture 2Picture 3Picture 4Picture 592-18719
[347-4055]Picture 6Picture 7Picture 8Picture 9Picture 10CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
Page v
TO JANE ORTON YOUNG
Page vii
Picture 11
We shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us.
John Winthrop (1630)
Picture 12
Marvelous it may be to see and consider how some kind of wickedness did grow and break forth here in a land where the same was so much witnessed against and so narrowly looked into: and severely punished.
William Bradford (1642)
Page ix
Contents
Preface
xi
1
Laws for Living Saints
3
2
Crime and Scripture
21
3
The Reach of the Law
38
4
Enforcing the Laws
57
5
The Judicial System
73
6
Legal Due Process
90
7
Unequal Protection of the Law
115
8
The Devil and the Law
131
9
Patterns of Criminality
149
10
Deterrence and Retribution
164
11
The New England Way
180
Appendices
Picture 13
A. Crimes Punishable by Death
187
Picture 14
B. Judicial Organization
192
Picture 15
C. Typical Crimes and Penalties
200
Picture 16
D. Witchcraft Cases
211
Abbreviations Used in the Notes
215
Notes
219
Bibliographical Note
261
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