John J. Robinette: Peerless Mentor - An AppreciationDundurn, 2003 - 400 páginas John J. Robinette, Canada's greatest trial lawyer, was admired and respected by the bench and his fellow lawyers alike. A quiet, unassuming man outside the courtroom, he was a consummate performer when appearing before a judge and jury. Robinette became a household name as the defender of Evelyn Dick, who was charged with killing her husband and infant son in Hamilton in 1946, and of Steven Suchan, a member of the infamous Boyd Gang. He was Canada's pre-eminent lawyer from the 1930s to the 1980s, showing unparalleled versatility and virtuosity whether acting as counsel in criminal, civil, or constitutional cases, at both the trial and appeal levels. This is the story of a great man, of the maturing of the legal profession in Canada, and of Canada in the twentieth century. |
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... defence counsel, John J. Robinette, because that is how I saw him for the first time in the same newspaper coverage. If the actor was in that scene on the steps of Osgoode Hall, I missed him. About six months later, I was invited by the ...
... defence and made a speech about accommodation and recognition of people of different beliefs. And for the first time in my life I said, “Why not? Why shouldn't we accommodate our Jewish classmates?” I think these two incidents based on ...
... defence nor as a compellable witness for the Crown at the trial of her father and boyfriend, her image as a woman of mystery entangled in the unsolved murder of her husband has remained to this day. Evelyn Dick was indicted along with ...
... defence in evidence, but a proper marshalling of the evidence would support a possible view which would lead to acquittal, is it the duty of the trial judge to put that view to the jury?” Robinette promptly replied in the affirmative ...
... defence that had not been articulated by defence counsel at trial: “A substantial part of the circumstantial evidence pointed to the appellant's father, Donald MacLean, as the person who killed Dick — particularly some of the things ...
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McCarthy McCarthy | 106 |
Chapter | 119 |
Chapter Seven | 139 |
Chapter Eight | 186 |
Chapter Nine | 201 |
Chapter | 222 |
Chapter Eleven | 238 |
Chapter Twelve | 271 |
Chapter Thirteen | 306 |
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John J. Robinette: Peerless Mentor: an Appreciation George D. Finlayson Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |