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Everett Farmer (1902 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia〔(Nova Scotian never really had a chance when he went to trial for murder ), by Max Haines, in the Amherst Daily News; published April 23, 2008; retrieved February 19, 2015〕 — December 11〔(The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754-2004: From Imperial Bastion to Provincial Oracle ), by Philip Girard, Jim Phillips, and Barry Cahill; published January 1, 2004, by University of Toronto Press; via Google Books〕 or 14〔(Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia: Legal Milestones ), at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia; published 2004; retrieved February 20, 2015〕 or 15,〔(N.S. KILLER HANGED: Everett Farmer Pays Penalty for Brother's Murder ), in the ''Montreal Gazette'' (via Google News Archive); published December 16, 1937; retrieved February 20, 2015〕 1937 in Shelburne) was the last person in Nova Scotia to be executed. ==Background== On the evening of August 1, 1937, Farmer shot and killed his half-brother Zachariah,〔 then walked into town and turned himself in to police.〔 Farmer said that the killing had been in self defense, claiming that after a drunken argument, Zachariah had refused to leave Farmer's home, and had threatened to kill him.〔 Since Farmer was unable to afford legal representation, and the province of Nova Scotia had no legal aid system at the time,〔 Vincent Pottier was appointed to represent Farmer free of charge.〔 The trial began on September 28, 1937,〔 with Justice William F. Carroll presiding.〔 At the conclusion of the trial, the jury deliberated for less than 2 hours before finding Farmer guilty.〔 In December of that year, Farmer was hanged from a gallows that had been constructed in the Shelburne County Courthouse where his trial had taken place.〔(Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia: Courthouses ), at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia; published 2004; retrieved February 20, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Everett Farmer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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