Report of the Honourable Mr. Justice Wilfrid D. Roach as a commissioner appointed under the

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REPORT
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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE WILFRID D. ROACH
AS A COMMISSIONER APPOINTED UNDER
THE PUBLIC INQUIRIES ACT
B Y
LETTERS PATENT DATED DECEMBER 11, 1961.

INDEX
PART I
CHAPTER I Record of Sittings Page 2
CHAPTER II The Position of Counsel " 3
PART II
CHAPTER III The Format of Mr. Wintermeyer's
Speech M 11
CHAPTER IV An Incorporated Social Club
As An Aid to Professional
Gamblers " 12
PART III
CHAPTER V Area of Inquiry » 1?
PART IV
Incorporation and Supplementary
Letters Patent
CHAPTER VI The Laws, Regulations And
Departmental Policy Concerning 20
The Incorporation And Operations
Of Social Clubs
CHAPTER VII Incorporation of Specific Social
Clubs Without Referral to Police 30
CHAPTER VIII Discretion Exercisable By
Provincial Secretary 41
CHAPTER IX Incorporation of Specific Social
Clubs and Supplementary Letters
Patent Issued Despite Unfavourable
Police Reports 42
Summary
73

INDEX
(Continued)
PART V
CHAPTER X Laws And Regulations Relating 75
To Cancellation
CHAPTER XI Departmental Policy With Respect
To Cancellation Of Letters Patent
For "Sufficient Cause" 78
CHAPTER XII The Defect In The System And
The Remedy 83
CHAPTER XIII Procedure Within Department
Following Default In Filing
Annual Returns 88
CHAPTER XIV Relative Merits Of Forfeiture
And Cancellation 91
CHAPTER XV Investigation Into Particular
Social Clubs In Relation To
Cancellation 92
Summary 208
PART VI
CHAPTER XVI Hearsay Evidence 211
PART VII
CHAPTER XVII An Outline Of The Activities
Of Feeley And McDermott 218
CHAPTER XVIII Centre Road Veterans Club 226
Roseland Club 244
Frontier Club 255
CHAPTER XIX The Ramsay Brief 264
CHAPTER XX The Tisdale Club 275
CHAPTER XXI The Riverdale Club 281
PART VIII
CHAPTER XXII The Flower Pot Story And Part
Of The Scott Report 286
CHAPTER XXIII Other Bribes Or Attempted
Bribes 297