Osgoode Society Books

Our books are listed here chronologically by date of publication. Use the Search function to the right to find a particular book, or author.

1890s

  • Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World

    Our first Optional Extra title for 2024 is Ian Radforth, Deadly Swindle: An 1890 Murder in Backwoods Ontario That Gripped the World, published by the University of Toronto Press. Deadly Swindle  is a fascinating journey into life and law in late nineteenth-century Canada.  Its jumping off point is the murder of Frederick Cornwallis Benwell, whose body was discovered in the… Read more »