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George Rolph, the victim of the attack The Ancaster incident was an attack on George Rolph (pictured) on June 3, 1826, in Ancaster, Upper Canada, in which members of the Tory elite dragged Rolph from his home to tar and feather him. Government officials refused to prosecute the cases and some acted as counsel for the accused at subsequent civil trials. The judge awarded Rolph £20 from two of the defendants. Reformers, the political opponents of the Tories, cited the incident as evidence of th...