tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338274291395134766.post7538717333569610287..comments2023-10-17T06:20:27.950-04:00Comments on Clément Fortin: IS MAURICE DUPLESSIS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF COFFIN?Clément Fortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010500186495242932noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338274291395134766.post-24390650379607451182008-03-17T19:28:00.000-04:002008-03-17T19:28:00.000-04:00Sir, your question is relevant but I am a bit relu...Sir, your question is relevant but I am a bit reluctant to answer it because I would need many pages to explain Justices Cartwright and Kellock’s dissent understandably. In my 384 page book L’affaire Coffin: une supercherie? I explain their dissent in details. You may read also IN THE MATTER OF A REFERENCE RE REGINA v. COFFIN, Supreme Court of Canada, 1955, pages 191-252. <BR/>In short, they would have retained as reasons to justify a new hearing the following:<BR/>1)The fact that the police officer Doyon would have stated to the jurors having acted on “precise information” when he searched in the vicinity of Coffin’s camp for John Eagle’s rifle, this information being, in the opinion of the learned justices, hearsay evidence.<BR/>2) The illegal use that the Crown would have made with the cross-examination of Marion Petrie in using it as a proof that she had made a mistake or had not spoken the truth at trial.<BR/>3) The fact that permission was granted to the jurors to go and see a movie.<BR/>4) The fact pertaining to the hearing of the case by a jury composed of six French-speaking jurors and six English-speaking jurors.<BR/>I have studied carefully all those reasons and I came to the conclusion that they were not relevant and specially in the light of the findings of the Brossard Commission.Clément Fortinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010500186495242932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338274291395134766.post-46326609148602548402008-03-17T13:50:00.000-04:002008-03-17T13:50:00.000-04:00Mr. Fortin,What's the reason for two justices out ...Mr. Fortin,<BR/>What's the reason for two justices out of five of the Supreme Court wouldn't have confirmed the verdict against Coffin?<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com