The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution was struck by Order in Council on 28 October 1986. The commission held extensive public hearings in Sydney and Halifax in 1987-1988, accepting presentations from 114 witnesses and 176 exhibits. Consists of official records of the commission — transcripts, exhibits indexed by date and volume, and a Name Authority File explaining the role of involved individuals and groups. — archival description
Commission's seven-volume report available in the Nova Scotia Archives Library and online searchable PDF.
Consultative transcript
Date: November 24-26, 1988
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 1
Chronological list of witnesses in order of appearance at the Marshall hearings
Date: 1987-1988
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 2
Hearings Transcripts Volume 1
Opening remarks; Roy Ebsary
Date: September 9, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 3
Hearings Transcripts Volume 2
Roy Ebsary; James MacNeil
Date: September 10, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 4
Hearings Transcripts Volume 3
James MacNeil
Date: September 11, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 5
Hearings Transcripts Volume 4
James MacNeil; Scott MacKay; Deborah M. Timmins; Marvel Mattson
Date: September 15, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 6
Hearings Transcripts Volume 5
Maynard Chant
Date: September 16, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 7
Hearings Transcripts Volume 6
Maynard Chant
Date: September 16, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 8
Hearings Transcripts Volume 7
Ambrose McDonald; John L. Ryan; Richard Walsh
Date: September 17, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 247 number 9
Hearings Transcripts Volume 8
Richard Walsh
Date: September 18, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 1
Hearings Transcripts Volume 9
Richard Walsh; Howard Dean; John Mellowney; Michael Bernard MacDonald
Date: September 22, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 2
Hearings Transcripts Volume 10
Michael Bernard MacDonald; Murray Wood
Date: September 22, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 3
Hearings Transcripts Volume 11
Terrence Ryan; R. Alexander MacNeil; George W. MacNeil; Linda L. Muse; Charles M.S. Livingstone; John Butterworth; John Pratico (audio only)
Date: September 23, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 4
Hearings Transcripts Volume 12
John Pratico (audio only)
Date: September 24, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 5
Hearings Transcripts Volume 13
Margaret Pratico (audio only); Dr. James O'Brien
Date: September 25, 1987
Reference: Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution Nova Scotia Archives Transcripts RG 44 volume 248 number 6
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