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Zemel, Joel, 1950-

Betrayal of Trust : Commander Wyatt and the Halifax Explosion / by Joel Zemel.  Halifax : New World Publishing, 2017. x, 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - FC2346.26 W96 Z46 2017

Joel Zemel examines the personal life and career of F. Evan Wyatt before and after the disaster and the criminal litigation that resulted in his being the only person to stand trial on criminal charges related to the Halifax Explosion. Before the Halifax Explosion, F. Evan Wyatt was a recently-married officer with a promising career in the Royal Canadian Navy. He also enjoyed popularity among those in the city's elite society. But little else is known about the only man indicted for allegedly causing the disaster. The French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Norwegian freighter, SS Imo, collided in Halifax Harbour on the morning of 6 December 1917. The resultant explosion killed nearly 2,000 people, caused nine thousand injuries and left many more homeless and without shelter. Property losses were in the millions of dollars. In the aftermath of the blast, an inquiry was set up to determine the cause of the collision between the two ships in the harbour. However, the proceedings quickly devolved into a search for scapegoats on whom to lay blame for the explosion. The captain and pilot of the French vessel were arrested along with the Royal Canadian Navy's chief examination officer (CXO), Commander F. Evan Wyatt (ret. R.N.R). Each man faced a charge of manslaughter. Charges of criminal negligence were added at a subsequent preliminary hearing. The captain and pilot were soon released on a writ of habeas corpus, but Commander Wyatt was indicted by a grand jury and put on trial. Although duly acquitted, his personal reputation and professional career in Canada were ruined. Betrayal of Trust delves into the life and times of F. Evan Wyatt, the circumstances leading up to his being scapegoated, and the failure of the Department of the Naval Service of Canada to protect one of its own. Joel Zemel is a professional jazz musician and documentary filmmaker turned author/historian. Joel is also the author of Scapegoat: the extraordinary legal proceedings following the 1917 Halifax Explosion. He resides and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Edited by Francis Mitchell ; proofed by Virginia Houston. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.

Mitchell, Francis, 1942-
Houston, Virginia, 1945-

Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967
Wyatt, F. Evan (Frederick Evan), 1877-1967 — Trials, litigation, etc.
Canada. Royal Canadian Navy — Officers — Biography
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Halifax (N.S.) — Biography

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Paulsen, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Stuart), 1962-

Annotated trial of George Frederick Boutelier and John Boutelier for the murder of Frederic Emoneau (Eminaud) and his family, with genealogies of the Emoneau and Boutelier families. / by Kenneth S. Paulsen, Ph. D..  Ottawa : Global Heritage Press, 2017. iv, 147 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 E59 2017 - Open Shelf

Hall, William Henry

Crim. con. a trial : William Henry Hall, - plaintiff, against Major George Barrow, - defendant, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife : damages laid at 5,000 : Supreme Court, at Halifax, Nova-Scotia, 20th July, 1820 Nova Scotia : 1820-. 36 pages : 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.64 #19 - Vertical File

Reference: Akins.

Barrow, George.

Nova Scotia. Supreme Court.

Trials (Adultery) — Nova Scotia — Halifax.

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Preeper, George

The Queen vs. George Preeper : an indictment for manslaughter, tried at Halifax before Mr. Justice Wilkins, at the sittings before Michaelmas term, 1859 : for the prosecution, Hon. James W. Johnston, attorney general, and W.J. Johnston, Esq. : for the pri Halifax : J. Bowes & Sons, 1859. 56 pages : 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.24 #3 - Vertical File

Reference: Casey I 2781.

Bowes (J.) & Sons
Nova Scotia. Supreme Court.

Trials (Murder) — Nova Scotia
Murder — Nova Scotia.

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Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution (N.S.)

Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Halifax : the Commission, 1989. [8] v.; 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KEN7970 N935 R888 1989

Essays in the history of Canadian law / edited by David H. Flaherty.  Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society by University of Toronto Press, 1981-. 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KE396 N935 E78

Thurston, Arthur

The tragedy of Omar Pasha Roberts and Flora Ellen Gray / Arthur Thurston.  Yarmouth : Arthur Thurston Publications, 1991.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 N935 T536

Thurston, Arthur

With a cold heart / Arthur Thurston.  Yarmouth : A. Thurston Publications, 1991. 68 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 N935 C969 T536

Thurston, Arthur

Poor Annie Kempton--she's in heaven above / by Arthur Thurston.  Yarmouth : A. Thurston Publications, 1989, 1987. xvi, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 C33 B368

Harris, Michael

Justice denied : the law versus Donald Marshall / Michael Harris.  Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1986. xiv, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 C32 N64 1986

Includes index.

Murder — Nova Scotia — Sydney
Trials (Murder) — Nova Scotia — Sydney
Judicial error — Canada.

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Jessome, Phonse

Murder at McDonald's : the killers next door / Phonse Jessome.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 C2123 S982 1994

MacDonald, Clyde F.

Murder Cases in Pictou County : 1811-1950 / by Clyde F. MacDonald.  New Glasgow : Clyde F. MacDonald, 2006. 260 pages : illustrations, maps.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6535 .C32 N65 2006

Includes bibliographical references.

Murder — Nova Scotia — Pictou County
Trials (Murder) — Nova Scotia — Pictou County

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Komar, Debra

The Lynching of Peter Wheeler / Debra Komar.  Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane Editions, 2014. 346 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6471 C32 N6 2014

Trial of Jones, Hazelton, Anderson, and Trevaskiss, alias Johnston, for piracy and murder on board barque Saladin : with the written confessions of the prisoners, produced in evidence on the said trial : to which is added, particulars of their execution / compiled from the Halifax papers.  Halifax : Petheric Press, 1967. 65 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 SA3 T73 - Open Shelf

Howe, Joseph

Trial for libel, on the magistrates of Halifax, the King vs. Joseph Howe : before the chief justice and a special jury, Supreme Court, Hilary term Halifax : 1835. 102 pages ; 14 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 H83 1909 v.1

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