Peter Smith, the former treasurer of the Province of Ontario, and Aemilius Jarvis, one of Canada’s most prominent businessmen, were found guilty of criminal conspiracy to defraud the Ontario government in connection with the repurchase of three series of succession duty-free bonds. Ian Kyer argues that they were wrongly convicted and explains why.
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C. Ian Kyer is a distinguished lawyer, historian, and author. For more than 30 years he has practised law in the Faskens firm. He is now legal counsel to RPM Technologies. Ian is also the Senior Director of Content for the Intellectual Property Technology module of Lexis Practice Advisor Canada. He practices corporate/commercial law with an emphasis on information technology contracting.
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part One The Bond Purchases one Background to the Transaction two Authorizing and Completing the Purchases Part Two The Investigation and Trials three In Search of a Crime four The Smith/Jarvis Trial five Sentence and Appeal six A.H. Pepall’s Extradition and Trial Part Three A Twelve-Year Campaign for Exoneration seven Unremitting Efforts eight A Belated Second Look conclusion What Went Wrong postscript The Legal Battle over the Jarvis Fine Timeline appendix 1 McRuer’s Authorship of an Anonymous Memoir of Tilley appendix 2 Selected Letters of A.H.¿Pepall Notes Index Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History About the Author
