Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The courtroom transcript of the trial of Swift Runner, a Cree man convicted of killing and eating his wife and children in the winter of 1879, published here for the first time in 144 years.
0:00:00 – Introduction
0:03:21 - Opening Remarks by Magistrate Hugh Richardson
0:04:49 - Testimony of Kis-Sie-Koh-Way, Swift Runner’s Father-in-Law
0:07:36 - Testimony of George Washington Brazeau, NWMP interpreter
0:14:14 - Testimony of Inspector Severe Gagnon, Officer of the NWMP
0:17:03 - Testimony of Staff-Sergeant George Herchmer, Physician at Fort Saskatchewan
0:19:02 - Testimony of Superintendent William Drummer Jarvis, Prosecutor
0:20:03 - George Washington Brazeau Recalled
0:20:49 - Testimony of William Borwick
0:21:38 - Paper ‘A’ (Swift Runner’s Confession)
0:23:57 - Verdict and Sentencing
For my video on the Swift Runner case, please click the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=GuuwKxo5ESs
The courtroom transcript of the trial of Swift Runner, a Cree man convicted of killing and eating his wife and children in the winter of 1879, published here for the first time in 144 years.
0:00:00 – Introduction
0:03:21 - Opening Remarks by Magistrate Hugh Richardson
0:04:49 - Testimony of Kis-Sie-Koh-Way, Swift Runner’s Father-in-Law
0:07:36 - Testimony of George Washington Brazeau, NWMP interpreter
0:14:14 - Testimony of Inspector Severe Gagnon, Officer of the NWMP
0:17:03 - Testimony of Staff-Sergeant George Herchmer, Physician at Fort Saskatchewan
0:19:02 - Testimony of Superintendent William Drummer Jarvis, Prosecutor
0:20:03 - George Washington Brazeau Recalled
0:20:49 - Testimony of William Borwick
0:21:38 - Paper ‘A’ (Swift Runner’s Confession)
0:23:57 - Verdict and Sentencing
For my video on the Swift Runner case, please click the link below:
youtube.com/watch?v=GuuwKxo5ESs
![Cryptids of Eastern Canada [2-Hour Cryptozoology Compilation]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u8_GBbNIi8o/mqdefault.jpg "Cryptids of Eastern Canada [2-Hour Cryptozoology Compilation]
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