About Charles Moss
Lived 1840 – 1912 (aged 72). Charles Moss was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
Sir Charles Moss (March 8, 1840 – October 11, 1912) was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
Born in Cobourg, Upper Canada, the son of Irish Church of Ireland immigrants, Moss was educated in Cobourg and Toronto. He was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1864 and articled with his brother Thomas Moss. He was called to the bar in 1869 and was named a Queen's Counsel in 1881. He practised law in Toronto and was named a puisne judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1897. In 1902, he was made chief justice. Moss refused a seat on the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1907.
In 1910, Moss developed cancer and took a leave from his judicial duties in January 1912. He died in October 1912.
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Canadian judge
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Charles Moss was born on 8 March 1840 in Cobourg.
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Charles Moss died on 11 October 1912 in Toronto.
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Charles Moss was a lawyer and judge.
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Charles Moss was Canadian.
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