1878 ALONZO CALKINS. Felonious Homicide. History of the Death Penalty as Applied to Murderers ZZAutographsandArtifacts No copies traced at auction

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1878 ALONZO CALKINS. Felonious Homicide. History of the Death Penalty as Applied to Murderers ZZAutographsandArtifacts No copies traced at auctionA rather scarce history of capital punishment by Alonzo [1804 1878]. Calkins was a medical doctor who took great interest in the relationship between poverty, family environment, substance abuse [he wrote on opium addiction, indica consumption, alcoholism, etc.] and crime. Only edition issued.. Originally read before the Medico Legal Society of the City of New York on September 25, 1873, the lecture provides an overview of the history of capital