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Author Sharpe, Robert J

Title The last day, the last hour : the Currie libel trial / Robert J. Sharpe ; with a new preface by the author
Published Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2009]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Mons -- Arthur Currie, the Great War, and the Canadian Corps -- Sam Hughes : war of rumours -- A case for the defence? -- To sue or not to sue -- Preparing for trial -- The trial begins -- Another Currie -- Defensive strategies -- General Currie's reply -- The generals take the stand -- General Currie under fire -- Verdict -- Appeal -- Conclusion
Summary The Last Day, the Last Hour reconstructs the events - military and legal - that led to the trial and the trial itself, one of the most sensational courtroom battles in Canadian history, involving many prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index
Notes English
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Subject Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933 fast
Subject Trials (Libel) -- Canada
Mons, 2nd Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1918.
LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
Trials (Libel)
Belgium -- Mons
Canada
Genre/Form Trials, litigation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
ISBN 9781442697256
1442697253
9781442697898
144269789X