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Capital punishment case files [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1867-1976

Reference:

R188-53-2-E, RG13-B-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133981

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Department of Justice fonds

Legal Branch

Capital punishment case files
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Sub-series includes:

1701 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1867-1976

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

90.25 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Sub-series consists of case files on most of the individuals convicted of capital murder from 1867 to 1976. Under section 937 of the Criminal Code of 1892, the court where the trial of a capital case took place reported to the Secretary of State to inform the Governor General. In practice, the transcripts of the trial were forwarded to the Remissions Branch of the Department of Justice of Canada. The officials of this branch considered the merits of each case and prepared recommendations to the Governor General on the final disposition of the case. The latter then decided whether to carry out the execution of the individual or to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. The final decision was in the form of an order in council. By 1952, the Legal Branch of the Department had absorbed the functions of the Remissions Branch, including the consideration of applications for clemency. In 1966, the responsibility for the disposition of capital cases shifted from the Department of Justice to the recently established Department of the Solicitor General, a responsibility, which continued until the abolition of the death penalty in 1976.

Capital case files may include internal Justice memoranda; correspondence with lawyers, judges and other court officials; medical reports; judges' summaries of the trial proceedings and transcripts of the trial; petitions; newspaper clippings; and photographs.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid's file level descriptions can be accessed through the "consists of" field in the MIKAN record. A paper copy is also available in the Reference room. The finding aid is a file list for volumes 1407-1854. 13-54 (90: Open)

Textual records (Paper) The finding aid contains references found in volumes 1407-1854 to individuals who received the death sentence. English version: 13-39 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001052.pdf

Textual records (Paper) The finding aid contains references found in volumes 1407-1854 to individuals who received the death sentence. French version: 13-39 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001051.pdf

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Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 3: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.11.10 - 1999.11.30 (Manuscript - Charge to the Jury - RG13 - vol.1407 - first page - [P. Whelan] - September 12, 1868)

Restrictions on access note:

Because of physical conservation concerns, only supervised consultation of the files in volumes 1435, 1436, 1437 is permitted. This restriction will be in effect until those files are scanned, at which point researchers will be required to consult the electronic copy of those files.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG13-B-1
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG13]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1407--1459;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1461--1507;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1509--1510;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1513;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1515--1519;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1521--1524;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1526--1528;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1530--1533;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1536--1538;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1540--1541;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1543--1544;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1547--1549;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1551--1552;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1554--1556;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1558--1562;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1564--1569;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1573;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1575--1576;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1578;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1580--1583;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1587--1589;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1591;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1593;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1596--1598;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1600--1601;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1603--1604;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1607;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1609;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1613--1614;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1616--1617;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1620;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1622;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1628--1629;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1632;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1634--1636;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1640--1641;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1643;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1652;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1655;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1658;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1666;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1668;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1672;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1683;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1686--1687;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1693--1695;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1701--1702;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1710;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1713;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1717;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1724;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1728--1732;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1737--1738;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1748;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1769;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1772--1773;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1777;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1782--1783;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1786;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1791;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1806;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1808;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1832--1833;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1841--1842;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2698--2700;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1590/X2;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG13]

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1460;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1508;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1511--1512;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1514;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1520;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1525;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1529;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1534--1535;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1539;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1542;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1545--1546;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1550;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1553;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1557;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1563;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1570--1572;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1574;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1577;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1579;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1584--1586;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1592;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1594--1595;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1599;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1602;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1605--1606;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1608;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1610--1612;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1615;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1618--1619;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1621;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1623--1627;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1630--1631;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1633;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1637--1639;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1642;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1644--1651;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1653--1654;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1656--1657;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1659--1665;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1667;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1669--1671;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1673--1682;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1684--1685;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1688--1692;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1696--1700;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1703--1709;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1711--1712;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1714--1716;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1718--1723;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1725--1727;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1733--1736;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1739--1747;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1749--1768;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1770--1771;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1774--1776;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1778--1781;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1784--1785;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1787--1790;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1792--1805;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1807;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1809--1831;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1834--1840;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

1843--1854;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

Volume [R188] 5981

[Consultation 90 Open]

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