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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

365: Ontario's Lazier Murder w/ Robert J. Sharpe

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In December of 1883 Peter Lazier, a traveling farm implement salesman, was shot in the heart during the botched robbery of a farmer and his wife in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Two men would be arrested and tried for the murder, but would the sparse evidence against them lead to freedom, prison or the gallows? My guest is Robert J. Sharpe, author of "The Lazier Murder: Prince Edward County, 1884". As a Canadian lawyer and judge, he offers unique insight into a controversial case that is still remembered in Prince Edward County today. The author's publisher page: https://utorontopress.com/9781442644212/the-lazier-murder The book is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Lazier-Murder-Osgoode-Society-Canadian/dp/1442644214 Tags Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:15.3

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1:17.0

While I am so excited to introduce my guest today, Robert J. Sharp, he is a Canadian lawyer,

1:24.8

author, academic, and judge.

1:30.4

He was a professor at the Faculty of Law,

1:39.4

University of Toronto, from 1976 to 1988, and served as the Faculty of Law's dean from 1990 to 1995. And he was also a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1999 to 2000.

1:48.2

He has written numerous books and published many scholarly articles as well. And the book he is

1:54.6

here to talk about today is called the Lazier Murder, Prince Edward County, 1884. Thank you so much for coming on the show.

2:04.9

Great to have you. Well, thank you for the invitation. Yes. So could you tell us how did this

2:11.9

book come to be? Do you remember when you first heard about the case and what about it stood out to you?

2:20.4

Well, the odd thing is I heard about this case as a very young person growing up in Prince Edward County, Ontario, where the case arose.

2:31.5

Although it had the case happened in the late 1880s, it was still something that people

2:37.7

seemed to know about and think about and talk about in this small town of about 5,000 people

2:44.0

where I grew up. So I was always curious about the case, having been introduced to it at a very young age as part of the local

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