George Burbidge

George Burbidge

George Wheelock Burbidge (6 February 1847 – 18 February 1908) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and author. After being admitted to the New Brunswick Bar in 1872, he became a partner in a Saint John, New Brunswick law firm. He is noted for having conducted the prosecution of Louis Riel during his trial for treason following the North-West Rebellion of 1885. He subsequently had a distinguished career as a jurist, becoming on 1 October, 1887 the first justice of the Exchequer Court, the predecessor to the modern Federal Court of Canada. His 1890 book, "A digest of criminal law of Canada", heavily influenced the groundbreaking Criminal Code of Canada of 1892.

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