ON TRIAL.

Hardback, 1st edition. Contents include Canada's first case of musical plagiarism, involving Toronto jazz musician Hagood Hardy. His accuser's strangely selective memory and untimely death further complicated a complex trial. The second case is a moving account of the determination of a Halifax family to win the right for their mentally handicapped son to be educated in the regular classroom. A landmark victory for the rights of the disabled across Canada. The final chapter tells the bizarre story of Canada's longest-running drug-conspiracy trial, involving Vancouver heroin trafficker Doug Palmer and the motley habitues of Vancouver's East End underworld. It's an often hilarious tale of two "gangs that couldn't shoot straight" - the bad guys and their RCMP watchdogs - with the added comedy of an informer who was never sure which side he was on. 360pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Nr. F. dw.