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CHAPTER 5 Resolving Disputes

Andrea G. McDowell

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Before Property 19
CHAPTER 2 Powerless Judges and Discharged Soldiers 35
CHAPTER 3 Indian Miners 50
CHAPTER 4 The Mining Codes 62
CHAPTER 5 Resolving Disputes 84
CHAPTER 6 Cooperation and Conflict with Mining Companies 102
CHAPTER 7 Lynch Trials and Frontier Criminal Law 123
CHAPTER 8 Trial by Judge Lynch 147
CHAPTER 9 Whipping, Branding, and Hanging 169
CHAPTER 10 The End of the Hangtown Oak 192
CHAPTER 11 Massacring Indians and Ejecting Spanish Speakers 208
CHAPTER 12 Outside Capital and the End of the Gold Rush 242
Conclusion 259
NOTES 265
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 321
INDEX 323

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
Introduction 1
CHAPTER 1 Before Property 19
CHAPTER 2 Powerless Judges and Discharged Soldiers 35
CHAPTER 3 Indian Miners 50
CHAPTER 4 The Mining Codes 62
CHAPTER 5 Resolving Disputes 84
CHAPTER 6 Cooperation and Conflict with Mining Companies 102
CHAPTER 7 Lynch Trials and Frontier Criminal Law 123
CHAPTER 8 Trial by Judge Lynch 147
CHAPTER 9 Whipping, Branding, and Hanging 169
CHAPTER 10 The End of the Hangtown Oak 192
CHAPTER 11 Massacring Indians and Ejecting Spanish Speakers 208
CHAPTER 12 Outside Capital and the End of the Gold Rush 242
Conclusion 259
NOTES 265
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 321
INDEX 323

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