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Raw life : cameos of 1890s justice from a magistrate's bench book / J. Patrick Boyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyer, J. Patrick, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.
- Crime.
- Law enforcement--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.
- Law enforcement.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Ontario--Muskoka (District municipality)--History--19th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (633 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Dundurn, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In publishing the human stories behind the late-19th-century cases of Magistrate James Boyer in Bracebridge, Ontario, and Muskoka, his great-grandson J. Patrick Boyer shows that Canadian society hasn't changed much whether the focus is on early road rage, the plight of abused women, environmental contamination, or punitive treatment of the poor.
- Contents:
- Part I: Setting the Stage
- Part II: The Dramas, in Twenty-Six Acts with Numerous Scenes
- Part III: Curtain Down, Curtain Up Again.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-69568-5
- 1-4597-0240-9
- OCLC:
- 772686031
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