Lizzie Cyr
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lizzie-cyr-256-2104997
title:
Lizzie Cyr
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Lizzie Cyr was a Canadian woman known for her role in a seminal Canadian court case. Cyr was charged with "vagrancy" by Calgary Police, in 1917. Vagrancy was, at that time, a euphemism for prostitution. The john who reported her claimed she had infected him with gonorrhea. Cyr had been charged with vagrancy on previous occasions, but, in 1917, she was defended by John McKinley Cameron, a lawyer with a record of taking pro bono cases, and finding new arguments for their defense. The magistrate he
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Canadian prostitute charged with vagrancy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Cyr
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2023-09-27T22:21:09Z
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