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Tag: Cameron E. Thom District Attorney Los Angeles 1850s

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“Her General Character is Bad . . . I Would Not Give Her Credit Under Oath”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Three

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 25, 2023
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“There Needs to be Unity in This Town So That There Can Be Security”: The Trial of William W. Jenkins for the Killing of Antonio Ruiz, August 1856, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on August 24, 2023
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“I Hope That All Good Citizens Will Consider it Their Duty to Calm Public Opinion”: The Killing of Antonio Ruiz by Deputy Constable William W. Jenkins, Los Angeles, 19 July 1856, Part Two

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 23, 2023
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“Let Us Be Ready, When the Time Arrives, To Act”: The Legal and Extralegal Executions of Felipe Alvitre and David Brown, 12 January 1855, Part Two

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  • Posted on January 12, 2023January 13, 2023
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