THE LAST DAY, THE LAST HOUR the Currie Libel Trial - Hardcover
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On 11 November 1918, the last day of the Great War, the Canadian Corps, led by Sir Arthur Currie, liberated Mons after four years of German occupation. The push to Mons in the last days and weeks of the war had cost many lives. Long after the war, Currie was blamed by many for needlessly wasting those lives. When the Port Hope Evening Guide published an editorial in 1927 repeating this charge, Currie was incensed. Against the advice of his friends, he decided to sue for libel and retained W.N. Tilley, Q.C., the leading lawyer of the day, to plead his case. First published in 1988, 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. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, judge and legal scholar Robert J. Sharpe, The Last Day, the Last Hour remains the definitive account of a landmark legal case.
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Robert J. Sharpe is a judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
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THE LAST DAY, THE LAST HOUR the Currie Libel Trial
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Osgoode Society / Carswell Compa, 1988
ISBN 10: 045932831X
ISBN 13: 9780459328313
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The Last Day, the Last Hour; the Currie Libel Trial
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ISBN 10: 045932831X
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 271 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in black, cloth-covered boards. A bit of light soil to the top edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustjacket has a bit of light wear to the spine ends and corners, and is lightly shelf rubbed. An account of the famous Canadian libel trial in which Sir Arthur Currie sued The Port Hope Evening Guide whose editor had charged that Currie had needlessly wasted lives in his role leading the Canadian Corps in the liberation of Mons. The case was tried in Cobourg Ontario and involved prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s. Published for the Osgoode Society. Seller Inventory # 2752
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