Law and order 1822-1967 From my book, About Canada, Toronto, Civil Sector Press, 2012. For some two centuries, the death penalty hung over the parts of North America that eventually became Canada, before it was abolished—for all but military crimes. Under British law, there were some 230 crimes that carried the death penalty, early in […]
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Hanged thieves are stark warnings
Law and order 1822-1967 The public hanging of a horse thief and two burglars was seen as a warning to others in this item from the Upper Canada Gazette, York (Toronto) November 6, 1823. Montreal, Oct. 18.—Yesterday morning at 20 minutes past ten o’clock, the awful sentence of the Law was executed on Abraham Paradis […]