Rex v. Van Horst - Murder of Y. Ogawa, Saltspring Island

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Rex v. Van Horst - Murder of Y. Ogawa, Saltspring Island

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Title Proper F0 GR0419 BOX 188 FILE 112
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1914
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Annotated Crown Brief Rex v. Van Horst. Van Horst is charged and found guilty of the murder of Japanese Canadian man Yazo Ogawa on a boat near Salt Spring Island. The circumstances of the murder involve two white men enlisting Ogawa and his fishing boat to transport some stolen goods. Van Horst’s accomplice James Lester testifies against him as witness to Van Horst shooting Ogawa at Beaver Point after a dispute.
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Rex v. Van Horst - Murder of Y. Ogawa, Saltspring Island
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