Tomekichi Homma, Canadian, Part 8: Aftermath
Devastated by his legal defeat, Homma largely withdrew from public life, living and working at Great Northern Cannery on the north shore of Burrard Inlet
The white community’s reaction was one of quiet satisfaction. A Province editorial analyzed the legal aspects of the case in detail for the first time, concluding with heavy irony that the BC Supreme Court would have done better had they “followed their own opinions, but they went wro…
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