#simcoe county

“Charges Dismissed and Bail Bond Cancelled,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 7, 1933. Page 9. --- BARRIE, Feb. 7 —Despite the rigorous appeal of J. C. McRuer, K.C., counsel for Martin J. Insull, that his client be discharged under the terms of the Extradition Act, Judge Dudley Holmes, senior Judge of Simcoe County, today dismissed the original charges of larceny and embezzlement standing against Insull and ordered the surety released and Insull's $50,000 bail bond delivered for cancellation. 

“THROUGH THE HOME COUNTIES marched Grey-Simcoe Foresters this week, boosting their war services drive in Owen Sound, Stayner, Thornbury, Meaford, and other towns whence their members are recruited. Here they are on parade in Collingwood.”

“Boy, 16, Killed By Shot, Police Hold Neighbor,” Toronto Star. November 24, 1941. Page 19. ---- Wilfred Daily Found Dead in Alliston Living-Room ---- MOTHER NOT TOLD --- Special to The Star Alliston, Nov. 24 - Wilfred Daily, 16, was shot between the eyes at close range and killed in the living-room of a 36-year-old neighbor’s home here Sunday. The older man is held on a vagrancy charge.

Daily was the youngest son of Mrs. Eva Daily, widowed mother of two other sons.

Police could not locate the mother to notify her of the tragedy. Her other sons, Louis, 27, and James, 18, said she had gone away for the day, but they did not know where. She left Sunday afternoon, and did not return last.

Dr. R. C. Wilson said he was called by telephone to the home where the prisoner lived with his 78-year-old father, who was absent at the time. He told police the boy was dead on his back in the living-room. The prisoner was sitting in a chair looking at him.

“Bachelor Is Accused Of Murdering Youth,” Toronto Star. November 25, 1941. Page 2. --- Special to The Star Alliston, Nov. 25. - Theodore Brooks, 36-year-old Alliston bachelor, was charged yesterday with the murder of 16-year-old Wilfred Daily of Alliston. Daily’s body was found Sunday with a bullet wound between the eyes in Brook’s home. Brooks and Daily were close friends.

Dr. R. C. Wilson was summoned by Brooks to his home, Sunday afternoon. The doctor found the youth’s body lying on the living-room floor with a wound inflicted by a .38-calibre revolver slug in his head.

Funeral services for the youth have been delayed until a second autopsy is performed by Dr. William Robinson, provincial pathologist, Lorne Taylor, funeral director, said today.

“Simcoe, Sept. 29. - A sentence of four months in the Ontario reformatory was given Alfred Matthews, Port Rowan, by Magistrate Gunton here yesterday. Matthews was found guilty of having homebrew beer for sale.”

“Courts Reeking With Perjuries, Judge Charges,” Toronto Star. October 8, 1930. Page 19. ---- ‘Some Day Soon’ There Will Be ‘Clean-Up,’ Justice Kelly Warns ---- RAPS WITNESSES --- Comment Roused at Bigamy Trial of Vittoria Farmer ---- Special to The Star Simcoe, Oct. 8. - Warning that there was a ‘clean-up’ threatening to purge the courts of perjury, Mr. Justice Kelly commented on the conflicting evidence at the F. H. Davis bigamy trial here to-day.

Pleading belief that his first wife had died since their separation nine years ago, Frederick Hugh Davis, middle-aged Vittoria farmer, stoutly denied the crown’s allegations that he willfully committed a bigamous marriage at Mimico last August 27.

He is on trial before Mr. Justice Kelly at the supreme court assizes. Evidence was completed soon after court resumed to-day, A. H. Boddy of Brantford defended and G. W. Morley, K.C., of Collingwood, prosecuted for the crown.

Davis’ first marriage, according to evidence, was contracted at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1906. Until 1920, he and his wife lived happily together. The complaining Mrs. Davis alleges he deserted her and that for nine years past she has lived in Niagara Falls, Ont.

Accused countered that the wife of his youth had him arrested for non-support and did not return to live with him. A few months ago, his niece and nephew told him they had seen a newspaper notice of the death of Minnie Davis, wife of Frederick Davis. ‘I would never have married if I had not heard of that piece in the paper,’ accused declared to-day.

Edward and Mrs. Jarvis both swore they saw the death notice and told accused. ‘Your wife is dead.’

‘Davis believed the statements that his wife was dead, defence counsel argued.’ They had been separated for years. He had seen her only once in that time and there was no communication between them. There was no reason why he should have chased down the newspaper notice. He was reasonably sure she was dead when he married again.