August 3 Hull, Qué. Member of […]

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1964-08-03

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August 3 Hull, Qué. Member of Parliament Louis-Joseph Pigeon (PC-Joliette-L'Assomption-Montcalm), forty-two, was charged with indecently assaulting eighteen-year-old Raymond Emond on the main street of Hull, Québec. Emond claimed that Pigeon had led him into a laneway where he had made indecent propositions, upon which a struggle ensued. The charge was dropped when Judge Avila Labelle ruled that the Crown had not proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Main Street Hull Hull

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Avila Labelle Raymond Emond Louis-Joseph Pigeon

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Government of Canada Liberal-Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party of Canada, Conservative Party of Canada

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"Statement Ruled Out," Ottawa Citizen, 14 October 1964, p. 3."M.P. Made Advances, Youth Tells Court," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 14 October 1964, p. 4;"M.P. Cleared of Assault Charge," Ottawa Citizen, 23 October 1964, p. 1;"Louis-Joseph Pigeon est acquitté" Le Devoir, 24 October 1964, p. 1;"Judge Clears Pigeon of Indecent Assault: Reasonable Doubt Cited," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 24 October 1964, p. 3;"Indecent Assault Hearing Opens for Québec M.P," Ottawa Citizen, 13 October 1964, p. 28;Malcolm Daigneault, "'Statements to Police' Barred at M.P.'s Trial," Toronto Telegram, final ed., 14 October 1964, p. 44;"L'affaire' Pigeon s'instruit," Le Devoir, 14 October 1964, p. 24;

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Avila Labelle

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