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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Caption: Marker detail: Grant of Free Pardon
Additional Description: WHEREAS Viola Irene Davis Desmond, born July 6, 1914, was convicted of an offence contrary to s. 8(8) of the Theatres, Cinematographs, and Amusements Act, R.S.N.S., 1923, c. 162 on November 8, 1946;
AND WHEREAS Viola Irene Davis Desmond passed away on February 7, 1965;
AND WHEREAS it is considered desirable that Viola Irene Davis Desmond be posthumously granted a Free Pardon from that offence;
NOW THEREFORE it is hereby ordered by virtue of the powers in me vested in the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy we do hereby grant a FREE PARDON to VIOLA IRENE DAVIS DESMOND from conviction entered on November 8, 1946 for an offence contrary to s. 8(8) of the Theatres, Cinematographs, and Amusements Act, R.S.N.S., 1923, c. 162.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Nova Scotia to be hereunto affixed.
Her Honour, The Honourable Mayann E Francis
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Submitted: January 24, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p508693
File Size: 1.922 Megabytes

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