Allan Loney
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Allan Loney was an ice hockey
player from the Ontario
town of Maxville. He was the first hockey player to be charged with murder
for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin
to death during a game on February 24, 1905.
Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to manslaughter
, and he was subsequently acquitted.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player from the Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
town of Maxville. He was the first hockey player to be charged with murder
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
for the death of another player, after he clubbed Alcide Laurin
Alcide Laurin
Alcide Laurin was an ice hockey player, who played for an Ontario based team in Alexandria. On February 24, 1905, Laurin was beaten to death by 24-year-old Allan Loney, a player on a rival team from Maxville, Ontario. Laurin took a shot in the chin, followed by a blow to the left temple from...
to death during a game on February 24, 1905.
Loney claimed self-defence. The charges were reduced to manslaughter
Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...
, and he was subsequently acquitted.