Historic Crimes & Justice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 05/27/2014
ISBN: 9781626192379
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d