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Coffin Case
Series title:Close-UpHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):73021Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: KINES FROM PARC, TORONTOAccession:1986-0810Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Release date:1961-09-19Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:director/script, George Ronald; executive producer, Jim Guthro; host, Frank WillisDescription:Television report on the case of Wilbert Coffin, hanged for murder in Gaspé, Quebec in February 1956. Coffin's trial and subsequent appeals are reviewed as host Frank Willis examines the debate still raging over Coffin's guilt or innocence. The circumstantial evidence which brought Coffin to trial for the deaths of three Americans, Eugene Lindsay, his son Richard and friend Fred Klass, is discussed by several people still convinced of his innocence. Those interviewed include: J.E. Belliveau, journalist; Francois Gravel, Coffin's lawyer; defence attorney, Raymond Maher; Jacques Hébert, author of "Coffin était innocent"; Arthur Maloney, QC and MP; Coffin's mother; Marion Petrie, Coffin's common-law wife; and Coffin's priest. <60mn>Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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