Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781626192379)

The first courts handled crimes like lying, idleness and card playing with punishments that ranged from fines to public whipping to death by hanging. Constables kept order until Portsmouth's first police officer took up the shield in 1800. But no force co

Author: David Ferland
ISBN-10: 1626192375
ISBN-13: 9781626192379
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 05/27/2014
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d