Mississauga Library System

Local Archives:
SWYRDA, STEFAN

(Contents of file courtesy of the Regional Archives of Peel)
  1. Major players in the Swyrda case and appeal
  2. Stephen Swyrda in gaol here charged with Erindale murder. Brampton Conservator (?), May 14 1908
  3. Rex v. Swyrda [The Judge’s charge to the jury, the verdict and sentence] : typescript, 35 p.
  4. Copy of a letter dated December 9, 1908 from E. G. Morris of Morris & Jameson, Barristers, etc., to R. Franksen, Acting Consul General for Austria-Hungary, Montreal, Que., re Stefan Swyrda
  5. Copy of a letter dated December 11, 1908 from the I. & R. Austro-Hungarian Consulate General, Montreal, to the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, Minister of Justice
  6. Copy of a letter dated December 12, 1908 from John Mills, Inspector, C. I. D., to The Honourable Justice Riddell at Osgoode Hall
  7. Copy of a letter dated December 14, 1908 from the Acting Deputy Minister of Justice to The Imperial & Royal Austro-Hungarian Consul General
  8. Copy of a handwritten letter dated December 14, 1908 from Justice W. R. Riddell, Osgoode Hall, to the Honourable A. B. Aylesworth, K. C., Minister of Justice
  9. Copy of a letter, dated December 15, 1908, from the Acting Deputy Minister of Justice, acknowledging receipt of Mr. Justice Riddell’s letter
  10. Copy of a handwritten letter dated December 17, 1908 from Mr. Justice W. R. Riddell to the Minister of Justice, Ottawa
  11. Copy of a handwritten letter dated Ottawa, January 13, 1909, from Elihu G. Morris, barrister, to the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, Minister of Justice, re Swyrda, and typed copy of same
  12. Copy of a memorandum dated January 15, 1909 from the Acting Deputy Minister of Justice, re Swyrda
  13. Copy of document given at the Government House, at Ottawa, Monday 18th day of January 1909 regarding a request for commutation of sentence of Stefan Swyrda
  14. Copy of telegram by Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s telegraph, dated Ottawa, January 19, 1909, from J. Pope, Under-Secretary of State, to the Sheriff of the County of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
  15. Copy of telegram by Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s telegraph, dated Brampton, January 19, 1909, from Robert Broddy, Sheriff, acknowledging receipt of Pope’s telegram
  16. Copy of letter dated Ottawa, January 20, 1909, from J. Pope, Under-Secretary of State, to the Sheriff of the County of Peel, Brampton, Ontario, re sentence of execution on Swyrda
  17. Copy of letter dated Ottawa, January 20, 1909, from J. Pope, Under-Secretary of State, to Elihu G. Morris, barrister, Manning Chambers, Toronto, re sentence of execution on Swyrda
  18. Copy of letter dated Ottawa, January 26, 1909 from J. Pope, Under-Secretary of State, to the Sheriff of the County of Peel, Brampton, Ontario
  19. Copy of letter dated Ottawa, January 26, 1909 from J. Pope, Under-Secretary of State, to the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Consul General, re sentence of execution on Swyrda
  20. Copy of letter dated Toronto, February 2, 1909, from Curry, Eyre, O’Connor, Wallace & Macdonald, to The Honorable Minister of Justice, Ottawa, re leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal for a new trial for Swyrda
  21. Copy of letter dated February 3, 1909, from the Deputy Minister of Justice to Messrs. Curry, Eyre, Wallace & Macdonald, re application for a new trial for Swyrda
  22. Copy of a handwritten letter dated January 28, 1909, from Robert Broddy, Sheriff of Peel, re receipt of telegram from the Under-Secretary of State
  23. Copy of a Report of the Committee of the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General, 14th January 1909, signed by F. K. Bennetts, Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council
  24. Paid penalty on the gallows : Stefan Swyrda executed in Brampton this morning : declared innocence with dying breath. Brampton Conservator, February 11, 1909
  25. Copies of papers sent February 11, 1909, by Robert Broddy, Sheriff of Peel County, to the Secretary of State, Ottawa, including: (a) declaration of Sheriff, Justice of the Peace and Gaoler (b) certificate of Gaol Surgeon (c) duplicate of inquest
  26. Copy of letter, dated February 12, 1909, from P. Pelletier, Asst. Under-Secretary of State, acknowledging receipt of papers sent by the Sheriff of the County of Peel
  27. Copy of memorandum from the Department of State, dated February 13, 1909
  28. Copy of letter dated Montreal, January 7, 1910, from the Imperial and Royal Austria-Hungarian Consul General to A. B. Aylesworth, Minister of Justice, re Ann Swyrda
  29. Copy of reply dated January 11, 1910, from the Minister of Justice to the Imperial and Royal Consul General for Austria-Hungary
  30. Swyrda execution – brief description
  31. Injustice most foul [Stefan Swyrda trial]. The Booster, February 11, 2009
  32. Copy of Ontario death registration, April 16, 1908, of Olliuk Lintick [sic], Toronto Township, Peel County
  33. Foreigner murdered at Erindale: body of young man found in bush on the old Mitchel farm. Streetsville Review, May 7, 1908
  34. Liutek's slayer captured. Streetsville Review, May 14, 1908
  35. Stephen Swyrdra [sic], charged with the murder of Alexis Loutick at Erindale last spring is being tried at Brampton this week. The Review, November 19, 1908
  36. Swyryda [sic] to hang for Liuteck murder. Streetsville Review, November 19, 1908
  37. Copy of Ontario death registration February 11, 1909 for Stephan Swyrda
  38. Denied his guilt: last words of Stephen Swyryda [sic] before hanging. Streetsville Review, February 18, 1909
  39. Child of murderer dies of starvation: Mrs. Swyryda is living in extreme poverty - city will bury her little one. Toronto Star, March 3, 1909
  40. Copy of Ontario death registration, March 2, 1909, for Olka Swyrda, age 7 weeks
  41. Copy of death registration for Stefan Swyrda, executed 17th March 1909. Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 148
  42. Copy of letter dated January 11th, 1909, from S. F. Adalia [interpreter for the Crown] to the Minister of Justice, requesting mercy for Stefan Swyrda. Library and Archives Canada. Orders-in-Council: Capital Case Stefan Swyryda
  43. Copy of communication dated January 14, 1909, signed by Wilfrid Laurier, in response to a report from the Minister of Justice re a request from Mr. Morris, Counsel for Stefan Swyryda, for commutation of his sentence - no change in decision. Library and Archives Canada: Capital Case Stefan Swyryda