About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
May 10
1848
Robert Sedgewick, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1893, is born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
1896
Télesphore Fournier, one of the original puisne judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, dies at the age of 72.
