Bankers' Toadies incident

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bankers'' Toadies incident took place in 1937 in Alberta, Canada when a pamphlet was discovered advocating the "extermination" of nine men identified as "Bankers'' Toadies". The men identified were opponents of the Social Credit government of Premier William Aberhart, which had been elected on a platform of giving all Albertans monthly dividends; Aberhart blamed the banking system for his failure to follow through on this pledge. After David Duggan, leader of the Conservative Party and one of the men named, raised his concern over the pamphlet in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, police raided the Social Credit League''s Edmonton headquarters. Social Credit whip Joe Unwin and the Social Credit Board''s advisor, George Frederick Powell, were arrested and charged with criminal libel and counselling to murder. After a trial, both were convicted on the libel charge and sentenced to hard labour.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131600708
• ISBN-10: 6131600708
• Artikelnr.: 29817662