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Robert Lyon collection [textual record]

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Collection

Date:

1833-1834.

Reference:

R4419-0-0-E, MG24-I57

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

100636

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Robert Lyon collection
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Date(s):

1833-1834.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records photocopies and transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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Collection consists of recollections of a Mr. Cromwell containing an account of the duel between John Wilson and Robert Lyon, photocopy, 1833, 3 pages; extracts from a notebook attributed to Chief Justice John Beverley Robinson relating to the trial of John Wilson and Simon Robertson for the killing of Robert Lyon in a duel, a case over which the Hon. Mr. Justice Macaulay presided, transcript, 1834, 12 pages.

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Lyon, Robert, d. 1833

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Lyon, Robert, d. 1833 : Robert Lyon was killed on June 13, 1833 in a duel with John Wilson; the last duel to be fought in Ontario. John Wilson had challenged Robert Lyon to a duel because of remarks made about a young school teacher and on the advice of his lawyer. Their first shots missed; Lyon was killed on the second round. John Wilson gave himself up, but so ably defended himself at his murder trial that he was acquitted. Wilson later served as a member of parliament and a judge.

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Location of originals note:

Photocopy made in 1915 from the original held by W.R. Riddell of Toronto, Ont. Transcript made from the original held in Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ont., and received in 1915 from W.R. Riddell of Toronto, Ont.
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Dueling - Upper Canada, 1833 John Wilson, 1833

Mr. Cromwell - Correspondence, 1833 Robert Lyon, 1833

John Wilson - Biography, 1833 Simon Robertson, 1833

Robert Lyon - Biography, 1833 Mr. Justice Macaulay, 1834

Chief Justice John Beverley Robinson - Writings, [1834]

Legal instruments - Canada, 1834

Trials - Canada, 1834

Trials (Murder), 1834

Simon Robertson - Biography, 1833
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MG24-I57
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