Josiah Burnham, his trial and execution for murder : with sermon preached at Haverhill, N.H. by the Rev. David Sutherland at time and place of execution, August 12, 1806.

Josiah Burnham, his trial and execution for murder : with sermon preached at Haverhill, N.H. by the Rev. David Sutherland at time and place of execution, August 12, 1806.

"On the evening of December 17, 1805, Josiah Burnham, who was confined in the jail for debt, brutally murdered two fellow prisioners, Capt. Joseph Starkweather, Jr., of Haverhill and Russell Freeman, Esq., of Hanover, who were also confined for debt"--page [5].

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: New Hampshire. Superior Court of Judicature
Other Authors: Burnham, Josiah, 1743-1806 (Defendant), Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918 (writer of foreword.), Sutherland, David, 1777-1855
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Woodsville, N.H. : News Book and Job Print, 1909.
Series:World trials library.
Religion and the law.
History of capital punishment.
Subjects:
Burnham, Josiah, > 1743-1806 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Freeman, Russell, > 1750-1805.
Starkweather, Joseph, > -1805.
Trials (Murder) > New Hampshire > Haverhill.
Murder > New Hampshire > Haverhill.
Prison homicide > New Hampshire > Haverhill.
Executions and executioners > New Hampshire > Haverhill.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Sermons.
Electronic books.
Online Access:HeinOnline Religion and the Law
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