I have struck Mrs. Cochran with a stake : sleepwalking, insanity, and the trial of Abraham Prescott Cover Image

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I have struck Mrs. Cochran with a stake : sleepwalking, insanity, and the trial of Abraham Prescott / Leslie Lambert Rounds.

Rounds, Leslie L., (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781606354094
Physical Description: xi, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Kent, Ohio : the Kent State University Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Killing -- The Cochran family -- Sally and Chauncey Cochran -- Nighttime attack -- The Prescott family -- Indictment and incarceration -- The prosecution presents its case -- The defense's opening argument -- The defense discusses sleepwalking -- The Avery connection -- Mental illness in the Prescott family -- The physicians begin their testimony -- More physicians for the defense -- The Prosecution rebuts -- The defense begins its closing argument -- Closing arguments conclude -- Verdict and retrial -- Reprieve, riots, and execution -- New Hampshire's need for an asylum -- The sleepwalking defense evolves -- The insanity plea -- The Question of responsibility.