2 files of textual records (includes 9 audio cassettes (ca. 425 minutes))

Files consist of oral history records documenting the life and career of Arthur Downes (b. 1927), Justice of the Peace (1978-). Interview topics include: early life, education and career; Justice of the Peace (1978-); bail courts (1980); levels of Justices of the Peace; Provincial Offences Act (1979); kinds of cases; non-presiding work; Justice of the Peace Association; lawyers as Justices of the Peace. Interview conducted by Christine J.N. Kates. File includes eight audio cassette recordings from a series of five interviews, a transcript with index (238 p.), and a copy of a release form.

Open provided that judgement is applied on the part of Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History and Archives of Ontario with respect to the access request

Interview conducted as part of the Justice of the Peace Project.

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