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- catalog abstract ""The prosecution of a Roman Catholic priest for the murder of his brother, l'affaire Delorme captured the public imagination not only in Canada but throughout the world. On 7 January 1922 Raoul Delorme's body was discovered in a Montreal suburb. He had been shot six times at close range. The victim's half-brother, Father Adelard Delorme, quickly became the prime suspect. Circumstantial evidence pointed directly to him: police, in one of the first uses of ballistics, matched the bullets used in the murder to a gun he had purchased only days before the murder, there were human bloodstains in his car, and the victim's body was wrapped in a quilt that matched others found at the Delorme house. He had also recently taken out a life insurance policy on his brother, naming himself as beneficiary, and stood to inherit most of the family's estate under Raoul's will." "The Roman Catholic church, however, was an extremely powerful institution in Quebec in the 1920s. Four trials took place before a verdict was reached - a verdict that still leaves many questions unanswered." "A fascinating true story, The Cassock and the Crown is based on trial transcripts, interviews with individuals involved in the case, and twenty-five years of archival research. It provides insight into Quebec culture in the 1920s and is a topical look, in light of recent celebrity trials, at the subjective nature of the judicial system when it deals with people in positions of prestige and power."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b9123920.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""The prosecution of a Roman Catholic priest for the murder of his brother, l'affaire Delorme captured the public imagination not only in Canada but throughout the world. On 7 January 1922 Raoul Delorme's body was discovered in a Montreal suburb. He had been shot six times at close range. The victim's half-brother, Father Adelard Delorme, quickly became the prime suspect. Circumstantial evidence pointed directly to him: police, in one of the first uses of ballistics, matched the bullets used in the murder to a gun he had purchased only days before the murder, there were human bloodstains in his car, and the victim's body was wrapped in a quilt that matched others found at the Delorme house. He had also recently taken out a life insurance policy on his brother, naming himself as beneficiary, and stood to inherit most of the family's estate under Raoul's will." "The Roman Catholic church, however, was an extremely powerful institution in Quebec in the 1920s. Four trials took place before a verdict was reached - a verdict that still leaves many questions unanswered." "A fascinating true story, The Cassock and the Crown is based on trial transcripts, interviews with individuals involved in the case, and twenty-five years of archival research. It provides insight into Quebec culture in the 1920s and is a topical look, in light of recent celebrity trials, at the subjective nature of the judicial system when it deals with people in positions of prestige and power."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 160 p. :".
- catalog identifier "077351399X (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "077351449X (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Québec (Province) Montréal.".
- catalog subject "364.15/23/0971428 21".
- catalog subject "Delorme, Adélard Trials, litigation, etc.".
- catalog subject "KE229.D45 M66 1996".
- catalog subject "Murder Investigation Québec (Province) Montréal.".
- catalog subject "Trials (Murder) Québec (Province) Montréal.".
- catalog title "The cassock and the crown : Canada's most controversial murder trial / Jean Monet.".
- catalog type "Trials, litigation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".