Hugh Richardson
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Hugh Richardson (21 July, 1826 – 15 July, 1913) was a stipendiary magistrate for the Saskatchewan district of the North-West Territories. He was the man who, in 1885, sentenced Louis Riel to hang. He was in 1887 appointed senior judge of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories.
See also: Trial of Louis Riel
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41789)Template:Canada-bio-stub