Raw Life (eBook)

Cameos of 1890s Justice from a Magistrate's Bench Book

J. Patrick Boyer (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
632 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0241-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In publishing the human stories behind the late-19th-century cases of Magistrate James Boyer in Bracebridge, Ontario, and Muskoka, his great-grandson J. Patrick Boyer shows that Canadian society hasn't changed much whether the focus is on early road rage, the plight of abused women, environmental contamination, or punitive treatment of the poor.

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Justices of the peace, constables, and game wardens from the late 19th century are brought to vivid life interacting with a variety of accused citizens. Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was in Canada's frontier towns, with cases ranging from nostalgic and humorous to pitiable and deeply disturbing. While dispensing speedy justice, Boyer, who was also town clerk and editor of the Northern Advocate, the first newspaper in Ontario's northern districts, kept a careful record in his handwritten "e;bench book"e; of all these cases. That bench book, recently found by his great-grandson, lawyer J. Patrick Boyer, provides the raw material for Raw Life. This first-time publication of the these cases demonstrates how, in Canadian society, some things haven't changed much over the years - from early road rage to the plight of abused women, from environmental contamination to punitive treatment of the poor.

Autor

J. Patrick Boyer, Q.C., is a former Member of Parliament and the author of 20 books, including Just Trust Us, A Passion for Justice, Direct Democracy in Canada, and The People's Mandate. He lives in Muskoka and Toronto.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2012
• Vorwort: Edward L. Greenspan, Roy McMurtry
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 1 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Muskoka, Bracebridge, Pioneers, Free Grant Land, Justice of the Peace, Magistrate, Justice, Rule of Law, Northern Advocate, Criminal Law, James Boyer, Jelfs, Thomas McMurray, Alexander Cockburn, Moreton-in-Marsh, Macaulay Township, Edward Greenspan, Roy McMurtry, Brown, Hall & Vanderpoel
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0241-7 / 1459702417
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0241-7 / 9781459702417