Rex v. Fred Shoultz and John McCallum, robbery coincided with 1907 Vancouver anti-Asian riot
Description
Title Proper | F0 GR0419 BOX 122 FILE 094 |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1907 |
General material designation |
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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Scope and content |
Shoultz and McCallum were charged with using a revolver to rob Fred C. Stevens of $765 worth of money and goods on 9 October 1907. Stevens, who was visiting from
Birmingham, England, wanted to visit Chinatown due to "curiosity about this riot" and asked McCallum to direct him there. They went
to Chinatown together and met up the next day. McCallum invited Stevens to his room
at Dougal House where he and Shoultz violently robbed him. File includes handwritten
notes and the Police Court transcript, including the examinations of Stevens, the
proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, a witness, and three detectives. Handwritten notes
indicate the accused were found guilty on 26 October 1907.
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Name of creator |
The Provincial Government of British Columbia created this archive.
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Immediate source of acquisition |
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research
Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.
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Structure
Repository | British Columbia Archives |
Fonds | Government Records Collection |
Series | Attorney General |
Sub-series | F0 GR0419 BOX 122 |
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Title
Rex v. Fred Shoultz and John McCallum, robbery coincided with 1907 Vancouver anti-Asian
riot
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