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Charles Cora

Justice For A Sporting Man – One Way Or Another Charles Cora got a hung jury, followed by a hanging

by Mark Boardman | Nov 27, 2020

November 17, 1855. Sporting man Charles Cora brutally murders an unarmed US Marshal William Richardson in San Francisco. The two had some previous...

A “Gallant” Gesture Goes Too Far Charles Cora stood up for his girlfriend—and hanged.

by Mark Boardman | May 8, 2020

Gambler Charles Cora had taken prostitute Arrabella Ryan as his mistress in San Francisco in 1855. U.S. Marshal William Richardson made an insulting...