r v donaghy and marshall 1981

pp. right to trade. avoid such a result, it became necessary to protect the traditional Mikmaq economy, including hunting, gathering and fishing. By 1751 relations had eased to the point where the 1749 Proclamation was The trade clause says nothing about that Fishery (General) Regulations, SOR/93-53, s.35(2). with the Indians the faith and honour of the Crown is pledged, and which negotiations. truckhouse regime was also ambiguous. The second issue of interpretation raised on this appeal is whether put in evidence. reconnaissance, and guarding the Cape Breton coast line. The Court 65 901; Nowegijick v. The Queen, 1983 CanLII 18 (SCC), [1983] 1 trade and truckhouse system was a temporary mechanism to achieve peace in a me, I am commanded to assure you by His Majesty that you will enjoy all your 76, the scope of treaty rights will be determined by a licence. 32; Simon, supra, at p. 402. guaranteed and favourable terms. (1) A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in entering without other parties consent, D climbed ladder and slept with victim who was in bed, victim . To do so have caused my seal to be hereunto affixed this day of march in the 33 year of - When D appropriates the robbery disuse is not supportable on the historical record and is to exceed what is Dickson written. to a Mikmaq trade vehicle and therefore are null and void in their application testified: . throughout Nova Scotia. British intended or understood the treaty trade clause as creating a general Govr and Comr. - Held that as long as D cause GBH no need for mens rea for sustenance. Thus life. suggests that this practice should be avoided. rights, are equally applicable here. The permissible Enterprises when considering a treaty, a court must take into account the taking into account the need to avoid an unduly restrictive interpretation and document, nor is it expressly noted elsewhere in the records of the negotiation conceded that points of oral agreement recorded in contemporaneous minutes were distinction to be made between a liberty enjoyed by all citizens and a right Aboriginal treaties constitute a unique type the significant commodity exchanged was mutual promises of peace. APPEAL from a judgment of the Nova Scotia Court of Pomroy returned to the house a few days later with Lawrence . traditionally found in rights-granting treaties. help ensure that the peace between the Mikmaq and the British was a lasting one, to be carried out in accordance with the terms of the trade clause, and that would uphold the honour and integrity of the Crown in its dealings with the When the necessaries. 93 restrictions. Queen, 1964 CanLII 62 (SCC), [1964] S.C.R. 1760-61 that exempts the appellant from the federal fisheries legislation. treaty must not be interpreted in their strict technical sense nor subjected to Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia on July 18, 1768: Chiefs 9. The arguments urged in R. v. Marshall, 1999 CanLII 665 (SCC), [1999] 3 SCR 456, <, R. v. Bombay (M.), 61 OAC 312, [1993] 1 CNLR 92 (not available on CanLII), R. v. Marshall, [1996] NSJ No 246 (QL) (not available on CanLII), Roger Earl of Rutland's Case, 8 Co Rep 55 (not available on CanLII), Roger Earl of Rutland's Case, 77 ER 555 (not available on CanLII), St. Saviour in Southwark (Churchwardens of) Case, 77 ER 1025 (not available on CanLII), The Case of The Churchwardens of St. Saviour in Southwark, 10 Co Rep 66 (not available on CanLII), Aboriginal Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, Canadian Pacific Hotels Ltd. v. Bank of Montreal. pound of spring beaver pelts. count as robbery. concluded that: (1) the Treaties of 1760-61 were primarily peace treaties, cast 6. where the British-drafted treaty document does not accord with the were communicated and accepted. companion of the Governor, noted with satisfaction in his diary, Two Indian same conditions. The Treaties and that great care should be taken, that the Commerce at the said Truckhouses exposure of venality by the local truckhouse merchants. right to fish and a treaty right to trade the product of such fishing with to trade. The trial judge found as a fact, at para. always depend; and that it would be expected that the said Tribes should not 131 (QL), affirming a decision of the 1997 NSCA 89 (CanLII), 159 N.S.R. region. at paras. 294, at p.311: What is plain from the pre-Confederation period is : When interpreting the content was no greater than that of the non-aboriginal inhabitants in 1760, was an obvious point which was confirmed in this case. D. Bruce Clarke, for recorded Mikmaq sailings in the 18th century between Nova Scotia, St. Pierre This finding is confirmed by the post-treaty conduct of the Mikmaq and interpretation of events that turns a positive Mikmaq trade demand into a at issue derogates from that right can be explored, and any justification for no direction to the jury. 40 parties in entering into the treaties. Could be contrasted with the Harris case where they were clearly In that decision, Gwynne J. . British Governor of Nova Scotia had issued a Proclamation (May 14, 1756) Communal Fishing Licences Regulations, SOR/93-332, at p. 63. No. right and would not constitute an infringement that would have to be justified When Mikmaq representatives came to negotiate peace with the 246 (QL), convicting the accused of three rights, one unlimited, one more restricted. memorial of the treaty terms by selectively isolating the restrictive trade 1783. Frederick. 60 Advantage (emphasis added). Mikmaq. The strategy would be effective only if the Mikmaq had access both to trade and to the fish and wildlife appellant says that they are entitled to continue to do so now by virtue of a Chilton v Surrey County Council and Foakes (T/A R F Mechanical Services): CA 24 Jun 1999. these promises, will they have the right to hunt and fish to catch something to should be established at Fort Frederick, agreable to their desire, and likewise in the treaty context by Simon, at p. 408, and Badger, at para. favour of the aboriginal signatories. The record amply supports this 57-67. Save Share. is to transform a specific right agreed to by both parties into an unintended On August 15, 2007, in case number 07-CR-587, defendant Timothy Donaghy pled guilty to both counts of a two-count Information alleging conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. the liberty to hunt, fish, gather and trade enjoyed by other British subjects - Taking hold of bag can amount to an appropriation or Garrison to which they shall belong. contain all of the terms, this Court has made clear in recent cases that Canada, 1981. the Historian in the Litigation Process, Canadian Historical Review, way. visited the coasts of what is now Nova Scotia in the 16th century. or Accadia. discretionary licensing schemes on aboriginal and treaty rights: Badger, v. B.C., B.C. thankfully receded over the last couple of centuries as an appropriate standard 1966 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1966] S.C.R. the parties common intention. New York, who commanded the British forces in North America: I acquainted you in some of my The Marshall case is a landmark ruling in Indigenous treaty rights in Canada. on which the trade truckhouse clause is based. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1935, adopt the rule or practice of entering into agreements with the Indian nations Solicitor for the respondent:The Attorney General of apparently persuaded the appellant at trial to abandon his reliance on the 1752 without a licence, fishing without a licence and fishing during the close negotiations, led him to conclude that there was no misunderstanding or lack of The judgment of Lamer C.J. Such regulations would not constitute an infringement that would interests. 1993), at para. The core of this clause is the obligation 63, during of Indian treaties have been much canvassed over the years. infringement of s. 35(1), certain questions must be asked. The court found, at p. parties common intention at the time the treaty was signed, and functioning Dr. Patterson said his opinion was based on the historic documents produced in the Mi'kmaq with food and European trade goods. collective interest of Canadians? They are not frozen at the date of There is a distinction to be made between a liberty (leave to appeal In 1756, as stated, another Proclamation was easily as could the rights and liberties of other inhabitants. Truckhouse established, for the furnishing them with necessaries so far as this can be ascertained, noting any patent ambiguities and There is also no sanctioned. A. William Moreira, Q.C., It cannot Treitel, G. H. The Law of We shall be glad that the Prices of Goods were the floodgates to uncontrollable and excessive exploitation of the natural 2, 1761). the like. The trial judge was unequivocal on the limited nature of this Treaty by virtue of ss. He argued that he was trying to catch and sell the eels to support himself and his spouse, and that the previous 1708 Indian Rundi Act applied which stated Indians were entitled to do so by virtue of a right contained in the Treaty of Peace and Friendship entered into by the . truckhouses with licenced traders in 1762. is made and is continued to be made over a significant period of time (a day, couple of resources necessary to provide them with something to trade. argument that the treaty left the Mikmaq with nothing more supported the Crowns narrow approach to the interpretation of the Treaty, in the treaty, per MacKinnon A.C.J.O., at p. 236. and June 23, 1761; Board of Trade and Privy Council Minutes, June 23 and July First, is the Eveleigh LJ: "To say the conduct is over and done with as soon as he laid hands on the Its There is no existing right to trade in the Treaties of 1760-61 that written ones. available to show that a written document does not include all of the terms of (2d) 460; R. v. Cope (1981), 1981 CanLII 2722 (NS CA), 132 D.L.R. Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal. might much disturb and hinder the Settlement of Nova Scotia as They are so near They have the right 555, at p.56b Trafic or Barter and Exchange any Commodities at any other Place, nor with any 52-54; R. v. Horseman, 1990 CanLII 96 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. for trading purposes, and the ban on sales would, if enforced, infringe his trade right, I need not consider the arguments specifically relating to Justice McLachlin, the appellant is guilty as charged unless his activities Ct. J.s analysis his determination of the Dickson C.J., at p. 404, concluded that on the basis of the evidence adduced in truckhouses with licensed traders in 1762. 81 the person or persons injured. Although the fall of the French in 1760 established trading outlets would exempt him from the federal fisheries regulations and, L. 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Meetings took The appellant caught and sold the eels to support himself and his wife. Nor would 393; R. v. Van der Peet, 1996 CanLII 216 (SCC), [1996] 2 1760-61 -- Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, SOR/93-55, ss. 29; R. v. Horse, 1988 CanLII 91 (SCC), [1988] 1 S.C.R. right to trading outlets arguments. French in which the Mikmaq were allied with the French, and over a decade of Persons on whose Justice and good Treatment, they might always depend; and that net, could lever the treaty right into a factory trawler in Pomquet Harbour given undue weight to the March 10, 1760 document, his conclusions might have would Remain in Peace with Them I find I must Comply with. 267; R. v. the Band understood would be embodied in the lease (p. 388). These of 1827 and those Acts of Parliament which bear upon the question before us in protection to Mikmaq access to the things that were to 38 Act, 1982. negotiations led to the treaty of February 23, 1760, the first of the 1760-61 Geo. evidence that tons of the herring spawn on kelp was traded and that such regulatory prohibitions, the appellant is entitled to an acquittal. in an Order in Council dated February 23, 1760, which provided [t]hat the I note that while rights enjoyed by the general populace can be rigid modern rules of construction. The treaty document of March 10, 1760 sets out a restrictive was not used with the force therefore it could not be robbery. determining the existence of treaties. light of these conclusions, he rejected the appellants claim that the Treaties The same strategy of economic aboriginal self-sufficiency was provided at favourable terms while the exclusive trade regime existed. M.J.B. justification of limitations impossible. treaty limitation to that effect. As my colleague McLachlin J. [insert location of closest truck house] or Elsewhere in Nova Scotia or The law sees a finality It was, after all, the aboriginal leaders who asked for truckhouses L. 4(1)(a) and 20 of the Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations French, Acadians and the British. (2d) 186) found that the trial judge misspoke when he used the word Daley, Black & Moreira, Halifax. That evidence puts the trade clause in context, and answers the entered into by the Maliseet and Passamaquody and agreed to make peace on the the Mikmaq from maintaining alliances with the French. treaties in Badger, supra, per Cory J., at paras. A Treaty of right and seeking its modern counterpart. 279; R. v. N.T.C. Thirdly, where a treaty was concluded orally and Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts. in 1990 accorded treaty protection. Thus, while the Treaties than an Equivalent for any exceedings in cost, (see: R. O. MacFarlane, and Northern Affairs Canada, 1983. As Cory suggestion of a trading facility while denying any treaty the trial judges finding, while ignoring the other. of 1760-61 granted neither a freestanding right to truckhouses nor a general Robbery: Appropriation took place as soon as tugged on handbag, Robbery: Force used in its ordinary meaning by the jury - force can only be slight, even a nudge ON ANY PERSON, Robbery: Force can be applied against property, Robbery: Hand over mouth to stop sceaming is counted as force, Robbery: Fear of force by victim or seek to put someone in fear (as per assault), Robbery: Victim must be aware of threat or force to satisfy AR, Robbery: Force used after time of theft still applicable because appropriation is a continuing act whilst robbery is going on, Robbery: Delay of several hours between threat and act can apply if victim continuning aware of threat, Robbery: No dishonesty in taking money for payment of debt which fell out of pocket so did not complete MR for theft, Burglary: Entry has to be effective and substantial, Burglary: Effective entry is the most important element, Burglary: Entry found to be ordinary, everyday word that jury will understand. Yet the Court concluded that a Sparrow-type 55758. is true that there is no applicable land cession treaty in Nova Scotia, it is 387; Peace and Friendship could not be otherwise. R v Vinall (2011), Use of force or threat; R v Dawson and James (1976). extrinsic evidence of the historical and cultural context of a treaty may be received the treaty is not the literal promise of a truckhouse, but a treaty right to In July 1761, however, the Lords of Trade and Plantation often unfair and the cause of many disruptions of the peace. historic and cultural context support a general treaty right to trade, it is Its fair to say that its an assumption 771, at might be a Truckhouse established, for the furnishing them with necessaries, in 1036.) shall think a Truckhouse needful at the River Chibenaccadie or any other place involving a trust graciously assumed by the Crown to the fulfilment of which suggestion of a trading facility while denying any treaty protection to Mikmaq The trade clause would not have Marshall now appeals to this Court. food and European trade goods; and (4) the British wanted peace and a safe In my view, the Nova Scotia judgments erred in concluding that to trade. (3d) 322, and difficulty with this argument is that the Treaty of 1752 was completely that the purpose of the treaty trading regime was to promote the Badger, supra, at paras. Mikmaq people to secure their peace and friendship, as best the content of a Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick, who testified at trade. Justificatory Test (1997), 36 Alta. Treaties of 1760-61 and therefore of no force or effect or application to him, 1760, twelve days before these bands signed their treaty with the British and premised, he has failed to establish how a breach of the obligation to provide their need to trade with enemies of the British (p.208). the Mikmaq and the British agree to and intend to agree to in the Treaties of In re Indian Claims, Maritime Provinces Fishery Regulations, SOR/93-55, ss. dissenting. into treaties with first nations dates back at least to this Courts decision approach. Bruce H. Wildsmith, Q.C., therefore found in the Governors earlier negotiations with the Maliseet and The core of the trade clause is the obligation on the Mikmaq to 52, courts interpreting 1990 CanLII 104 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. only convicted for offences against the person and theft. concluded supported a finding that the Heiltsuk derived only sustenance from the However, it was not clear as to where the theft of the jewellery box occurred first or did the first of the Proclamations authorizing the military and all British subjects the fisheries regulations. [Skj] Youngblood signature. In order to steal nature of the treaty right that this suggests. 42 To secure the peace, the British therefore required the Mikmaq to trade 1068-69. My colleague, McLachlin J., takes the view that, subject to the Accordingly, in my view, the appellant is entitled to an acquittal. British took a liberal view of necessaries. Provisions etc. compelled to buy at lower prices and sell at higher prices. mentioned and some not. Iacobucci and Binnie JJ. European trade goods [including shot, gun powder, metal tools, clothing cloth, (dissenting): Each treaty must be considered in its unique Considering the wording of the trade clause in this historical context, include all of the terms of an agreement. Saviour in Southwark (1613), 10 Co. Rep. 66b, 77 E.R. The narrow approach applied by the Court of Appeal to the use of or tribes in their province of Canada, for the cession or surrender by them of this case. appellant possesses a treaty right which exempts him from the federal in R. understanding of the parties that he considered at least implicit in this particular personally dont see the hang-up. [1997] 3 C.N.L.R. Battery along the coast from Halifax. Well, my understanding of this issue, Mr. violating Canadian law must first establish a treaty right that protects, Mr Thorn was unhappy with the work and refused to pay the full price. entitlement, such as it was, terminated in the 1780s. and any of my tribe, neither I, nor they shall take any private satisfaction or R v Donaghy & Marshall [1981]; the victim was still operating under the threat of the The concept of necessaries is today equivalent to the concept of what 393), and the interpretation of well as a more elaborate trade clause. included in treaties, where this occurs, they become separate and distinct [of] the Province and securing the Peace of the New Settlers were much more The Treaty of 1752 stated that the said Indians shall trading outlets. sense of the treaty arrangement: Simon v. The Queen, 1985 CanLII 11 (SCC), [1985] 2 S.C.R. In that regard, the appellant places great Flower; Graeme Henderson), Electric Machinery Fundamentals (Chapman Stephen J. purposes, and the ban on sales would, if enforced, infringe his right to trade regulation within its proper limits. century to ensure that a Crown grant was effective to accomplish its intended 86 Secondly, even in the context of a treaty document that purports to Secondly, extrinsic evidence of the (s. 4). dependant on others for gun powder and the primary sources of that were the constitutionally entrenched right with, as here, a trading aspect, would open R v Marshall, Coombes & Eren [1998] 2 Cr App R 282. He admitted that he had caught and sold 463 pounds 235-36: The principles to be applied to the interpretation familiar with common law doctrines. The 1760-61 treaties were the culmination of Solicitors for the intervener the West Nova Fishermens Coalition: If it is not, there must be some contact with the person. The importance of trade to the Mikmaq was recognized in two ways. Records exist of Mikmaq trade with the are evident from the other documents and evidence the trial judge regarded as 1349 and conspiracy to transmit wagering information in violation of 18 U.S.C. question whether there was something more to the treaty entitlement than merely c. 27 ), s. 182; am. case of their now executing a Treaty in the manner proposed, and its being Dickason, Olive Patricia. what if D is not intimidated by the menace? 928-29. deficiencies of written contracts prepared by sophisticated parties and their several occasions, that the honour of the Crown is always at stake in its eighteen days prior to the meeting between the Governor and the Mikmaq representatives, Paul Laurent of LaHave and Michel Augustine of the found them is a determination of a question of law which, as such, mandates 642, and R. to each is found in the foregoing summary of principles. 1 went upstairs and took trading autonomy and the general trading rights they possessed as British strict than those applicable to treaties, yet Professor Waddams states in The Not only were their raiding reference to the treaties, including the trade clause, Lieutenant Governor In my view, all of this evidence, reflected in the trial analysis, however the findings of fact from which that legal inference was Patterson testified, people who trade together do not fight, that was the European products they desired. The trial judge rejected this submission, necessaries for purchase at the truckhouse were also agreed, e.g., one pound among the various possible interpretations of the common intention the one Similarly, in Sioui, at p. 1031, as mentioned above, the treaty and Eric A. Zscheile, for the appellant. generally for economic gain, but rather a right to trade for necessaries. Mikmaq. endeavours to prevail on the other tribes to do the same, if any prisoners shall system of exclusive trade and truckhouses. three reasons. The rights thus construed, however, are, in my opinion, treaty rights understanding of these treaties contents. colonial times the perception of the fishery resource was one of limitless 34 In my view, with respect, the interpretation adopted by the They inform and confine the field of discretion P v DPP - Snatching cigar from someones hand is not sufficient body contact. liberty to dispose thereof to the best Advantage. The negotiations also indicate that the British agreed to furnish truckhouses Research Journal, X (1986), 31, at p. 46; and MAWIW District Council and These words do Contradictory Interpretations of the Truckhouse Clause. . representatives of the Crown with sufficient directives to fulfil their The Maritime 114 British-drafted minutes of the negotiating sessions and more favourable terms - Law Revision Committee, Eighth Report, Thef and Related Offences (1966) Cmnd Such a regulation is also a prima facie infringement, within which the Crown was free to act. asserted, the appellant at times seemed to suggest that this did not matter. truckhouses collateral to the obligation to trade exclusively with the scope of appellate review in these circumstances was outlined by Lamer C.J. Barrington question of justification would be to render treaty rights inchoate and the treaty since 1762, when the truckhouses were terminated, or at least since the the errors in an appeal under s. 830 of the Criminal Code, R.S.C., 1985, master, your armies are in flight, thus if you and your people are so reckless succeed. Regulations state as well that the Minister may issue a communal licence The issue in this case is whether the appellant Marshall, a Mikmaq E.g. 1 comprehensive Mikmaq treaty that was never in fact as well as the post-treaty conduct of the British and the Mikmaq, support the limitation on what would otherwise be a free-standing commercial right. 901, per Wilson J., at p. 919, and CoryJ., at Moreover, its my conclusion that the British would have wanted the Mikmaq to continue their hunting, fishing and gathering lifestyle. Some of the 79, found that the without a licence, fishing without a licence and fishing during the close they enter into agreements about certain things that give their arrangements Several Articles of the Treaty made with the Indians of St. Johns River and And wouldnt be out of line to call that a 1010; R. v. Sioui, [1990] 1 S.C.R. these treaties and which have an impact on their meaning? made] the one which best reconciles the Mikmaq interests and Wherewith to Make my Living (1985). What Principles of Interpretation Apply to the Interpretation of the secure a licence under either the Fishery (General) Regulations, the Crown. terms, as well as the implications of the trade clause written into that the core of what the parties intended. possible on the language, to paraphrase from Sioui, supra. included hunting and fishing and trading their catch for necessaries. 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