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    The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639–1663
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    The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639–1663
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    The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639–1663

    By Jon C. Blue

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    In the middle of the seventeenth century, judges in the short-lived New Haven Colony presided over a remarkable series of trials ranging from murder and bestiality, to drunken sailors, frisky couples, faulty shoes, and shipwrecks. The cases were reported in an unusually vivid manner, allowing readers to witness the twists and turns of fortune as the participants battled with life and liberty at stake. When the records were eventually published in the 1850s, they were both difficult to read and heavily edited to delete sexual matters. Rendered here in modernized English and with insightful commentary by eminent Judge Jon C. Blue, the New Haven trials allow readers to immerse themselves in the exciting legal battles of America's earliest days.

    The Case of the Piglet's Paternity assembles thirty-three of the most significant and intriguing trials of the period. As a book that examines a distinctive judicial system from a modern legal perspective, it is sure to be of interest to readers in law and legal history. For less litigious readers, Blue offers a worm's eye view of the full spectrum of early colonial society—political leaders and religious dissidents, farmhands and apprentices, women and children.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWesleyan University Press
    Release dateJul 8, 2015
    ISBN9780819575388
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    The Case of the Piglet’s Paternity: Trials from the New Haven Colony, 1639–1663
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    Jon C. Blue

    JON C. BLUE is a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court. He has written hundreds of judicial opinions and has given annual lectures on the United States Supreme Court to the Connecticut Judicial Institute since 1999. Prior to his judicial appointment, he practiced tax, civil rights, and criminal law. He lives in Hamden, Connecticut.

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