Lazier Murder: Prince Edward County, 1884

by Robert J. Sharpe

Book Overview

In December 1883, Peter Lazier was shot in the heart during a bungled robbery at a Prince Edward County farmhouse. Three local men, pleading innocence from start to finish, were arrested and charged with his murder. Two of them -- Joseph Thomset and David Lowder -- were sentenced to death by a jury of local citizens the following May. Nevertheless, appalled community members believed at least one of them to be innocent -- even pleading with prime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442644214
• ISBN13: 9781442644212
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher