Meetings & Events
The Crime and the Time – The History of Criminal Justice in Delaware
08/19/2015 - 07:00 PM
Location: Courthouse Museum
Address: 211 Delaware Street
New Castle, DE 19720
The Crime and the Time
The History of Criminal Justice in Delaware
New Castle Court House Museum
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
7:00 P.M.
Guest Speaker: Michael Dixon
An illustrated look at the evolution of crime, punishment, and police work in Delaware from the colonial era to the 20th century. Stories of unheralded police officers, criminal escapades, whipping post, hanging, lynching, obscure methods of punishment, and imprisonment in old county jails. Compare how crime and police methods have changed by using little known stories in history.
Free and open to the public. For information call 302-323-4453
