This is a matchbox from the Hale Hakala bar, a local landmark from long ago. On May 27 1959 an event at this Tiki bar in Old Montreal, Notre Dame just west of McGill Street, launched one of the most controversial decisions in Canada's legal history. The Hale Hakala was a rocking place, perhaps the first in the city to feature live rock'n'roll bands. The legal fallout of the disaster of that night colours our justice landscape to this day. I'll provide a complete account with photos of it a bit later.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Hale Hakala
This is a matchbox from the Hale Hakala bar, a local landmark from long ago. On May 27 1959 an event at this Tiki bar in Old Montreal, Notre Dame just west of McGill Street, launched one of the most controversial decisions in Canada's legal history. The Hale Hakala was a rocking place, perhaps the first in the city to feature live rock'n'roll bands. The legal fallout of the disaster of that night colours our justice landscape to this day. I'll provide a complete account with photos of it a bit later.
"an event at this Tiki bar in Old Montreal, Notre Dame just west of McGill Street, launched one of the most controversial decisions in Canada's legal history"
ReplyDeleteWhat was it?
I think the quiz is incorrect. The event didn't happen there, it happened at the Tavern des Copains in the Point.
ReplyDeleteThe Hale Hakala was a Dubois brothers hangout and a lot of bad things happened there, but the real event happened when a 25 year old waiter named Miron, at the Tavern des Copains shot a bystander. The Dubois brothers had just beaten him up and were leaving in their convertible. They're all shooting at each other and Miron accidently shoost a social worker named Petit.
Miron's lawyer Antonio Lamer exploited a loophole got him off murder charges, complete with death penalty on a thing called "transferred intent." The law was amended immediately afterwards to allow such people to be blamed for such acts.
Lamer fought against the death penalty and it was eventually repealed.