August 21 Montréal The Quebec Court […]
When
1979-08-21
Description
August 21 Montréal The Quebec Court of Appeal ruled in a two to one decision that Municipal Court Judge A.M. Stalker had exceeded his jurisdiction by ordering that the men charged as "found-ins" during the October 22, 1977, police raid on the Truxx bar undergo testing for venereal disease as a condition of their release pending trial.
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October 22 Montréal More than fifty […]All Places
MontrealAll People
A.M. StalkerAll Organizations
Montréal Municipal CourtCourt of Queen's Bench, Quebec Court of AppealAll Citations
Stuart Russell, "VD Treatment Not Court's Business, Judges Rule," Body Politic, no. 57 (1979), p. 10."Le juge Stalker a excédé sa jurisdiction dans l'affaire du Truxx," Le Berdache, no. 3 (1979), p. 7"Gay Bar Raid Plea Upheld," Montreal Gazette, 22 August 1979, p. 87Paul Dubois, "Court Upholds Bar Raid Appeal," Montreal Star, final ed., 22 August 1979, p. A2
