Boudreau, Michael " A 'Backwoods Tragedy': The Bannister Brothers and Capital Punishment in New Brunswick, 1936"

On the Acadiensis Blog, August 15, 2019. Hat tip R. Blake Brown.

Justice Sharpe qua historian interviewed regarding the Lazier Murder

Fans of Justice Robert Sharpe's legal history work will be interested in this OBA interview with him about the Lazier Murder, a cause célèbre of late nineteenth century rural Ontario (h/t Amanda Campbell.)

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/oba-presents-holiday-hours-a-new-cpd-ucrNdLx3voS/

If the interviews spark your interest in Justice Sharpe's book on the case, take a look at the entry on the Osgoode Society website.

Robert Sharpe is one of the Osgoode Society’s most prolific authors, and his latest offering is a compelling account of a late nineteenth century murder case in Picton, Ontario.  This very thoroughly researched and engagingly written case study details the murder of a local resident and the subsequent court and governmental proceedings. What emerges is a fascinating insight into the operation of the policing, prosecution and trial processes of late nineteenth century Ontario, one that shows how much public opinion and courtroom atmosphere could at times affect the outcome of a trial. The Lazier Murder also looks at the executive commutation process by which it was decided if those sentenced to be executed would be hanged. Sharpe’s account  suggests that this may well have been a case of what we would now call a ‘wrongful conviction.’

*Updated* Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop fall 2019

*Revised 10 August 2019*

OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP, 2019-2020:

FALL TERM 2019

Wednesday September 11: Nancy Wright, University of Victoria: “The Laphroaig
Leasehold:  Popular Interpretations of Feudal Tenures.” 

Wednesday September 25: Jim Phillips, University of Toronto: ‘The Canadian
Court System, 1867-1914’

Wednesday October 9 – Yom Kippur

Tuesday October 15: Note the Tuesday. Donal Coffey, Max Planck Institute:
‘Newfoundland and Dominion Status.’

Wednesday October 30  (new date): Philip Girard, Osgoode Hall Law School: ‘The
Contrasting Fates of French-Canadian and Indigenous Constitutionalism: British
North America, 1763-1867.’

Wednesday November 6: Eric Adams, University of Alberta: ‘Constitutional
Wrongs: A Legal History of Japanese Canadians’

Wednesday November 13 (new date): Joseph Kary, Kary and Kwan: Sonderkommando in
Canada: Montreal's first World War II War Crimes Trial, 1951-1956

Wednesday November 27: Patricia McMahon, Torys: ‘Radioactive: The Life and
Lies of Boris Pregel’

Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop--Fall 2019 Schedule

OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP, 2019-2020:

FALL TERM 2019

Starting is 6.30 as usual at U of T Law School, room to be announced. 
If you would like to be put on the list for announcements and to receive copies of the papers to be presented, please email j.phillips@utoronto.ca

Wednesday September 11: Nancy Wright, University of Victoria: 'The Laphroaig
Leasehold:  Popular Interpretations of Feudal Tenures'

Wednesday September 25: Jim Phillips, University of Toronto: ‘The Canadian
Court System, 1867-1914’

Wednesday October 9 – Yom Kippur, no session

Tuesday October 15: (Note that it's Tuesday, not Wednesday) Donal Coffey, Max Planck Institute:
‘Newfoundland and Dominion Status.’

Wednesday October 30: Joseph Kary, Kary and Kwan: 'Sonderkommando in
Canada: Montreal's first World War II War Crimes Trial, 1951-1956'

Wednesday November 6: Eric Adams, University of Alberta: ‘Constitutional
Wrongs: A Legal History of Japanese Canadians’

Wednesday November 13: Philip Girard, Osgoode Hall Law School: ‘The
Contrasting Fates of French-Canadian and Indigenous Constitutionalism: British
North America, 1763-1867’

Wednesday November 27: Patricia McMahon, Torys: ‘Radioactive: The Life and
Lies of Boris Pregel’