A Touch of Murder ... Now and Then

by Murdoch Robertson

Overview

One of Murdoch Robertson's law school classmates, now a senior partner at a prestigious law firm in Vancouver, asked him "How could you stand practicing 40 years in a small town?" He replied, "Lots of work, lots of time for family, good friends and a murder trial now and then to keep the adrenaline flowing."

'A Touch of Murder, Now and Then' tells of the clients whose cases ruffled the feathers of the community patrons, and those clients who found a special place in his memory. He revisits the area's most colourful characters, including a man who puts a home perm in his beard to look more respectable for the jury. Small-town law means divorce hearings one day, acting for the Crown the next, and acting as defence the next. Recreational halls in logging camps have become makeshift courtrooms.

'Doch''s recollections, while filled with excitement and suspense, are personal and show the human side of Canada's criminal justice system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780920576755
Publisher:	Caitlin Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Murdoch Robertson has been practicing law in rural BC for almost fiftyyears. In his free time he can be found fly-fishing and perfecting the skill of making wine using birch sap base. Murdoch is the father of two, and lives with his wife of 50 years in Terrace, BC.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	9
	Starting Out	11
	Regina vs. Harold Ryan	32
	Regina vs. Harold Ryan Part II	64
	Judge Fulton	73
	Suicide Corner	85
	Three Buddies	96
	Terrace	103
	Murder in Prince Rupert Harbour	106
	The Hungarian	124
	Bennie Muldoe	135
	The Airport Case	171
	The Cassiar Preliminary	185
	Travelling Salesman	204
	You Can't Win Them All	211
	The Gallagher Trial	224
	Funerals	231
	Waiting For the Jury	239
	Appendix	250
	Index	257