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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.

Publication Info. Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages, 17 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.
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.
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Subject Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933.
Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933.
Currie, Arthur, Sir, 1875-1933 -- Procès, instances, etc.
Battle of Mons (2nd) (Mons, Belgium : 1918)
Trials (Libel) -- Canada.
Trials (Libel)
Canada.
Mons, 2nd Battle of, Mons, Belgium, 1918.
Mons, 2nd Battle of, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium, 1918.
Chronological Term 1918
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Added Author Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.
Other Form: Print version: Sharpe, Robert J. Last day, the last hour 9780802096197 (DLC) 2009504081 (OCoLC)421753090
ISBN 9781442697256 (electronic book)
1442697253 (electronic book)
9781442697898 (electronic book)
144269789X (electronic book)
9780802096197
0802096190