Our May Toronto Branch meeting took place on Monday, May 27. The meeting featured a presentation by Branch Chair Carol Ufford on her third great uncle William Brass, who was charged in 1837 with raping a young girl. His defense attorney was none other than a young John A. Macdonald, who would go on to be the first prime minister of Canada. In The Trial of William Brass, Carol drew on a range of […]
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