page_title: Province House (Nova Scotia)
section_title: The Library (former Supreme Court)
hierarchical_section_title: Province House (Nova Scotia) / The Library (former Supreme Court)
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph Howe, Freedom of Speech Trial, base of Joseph Howe statue, Province House, Nova Scotia
context_page_description: Province House in Halifax is where the Nova Scotia legislative assembly, known officially as the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, has met every year since 1819, making it the longest serving legislative building in Canada. The building is Canada's oldest house of government. Standing three storeys tall, the structure is considered one of the finest examples of Palladian architecture in North America.
context_section_description: The Legislative Library, located on the second floor between the Red Chamber and Legislative Assembly, was originally the home of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, until the court outgrew the space. The first important trial in the court was against Richard John Uniacke Jr. for killing William Bowie in the last lethal duel in Nova Scotia (1819).
  The Supreme Court chamber was the site of Joseph Howe's 1835 trial for seditious libel.  On March 2, 1835, newspaper editor Joseph Howe defended himself at trial in the present-day library for seditious libel by civic politicians in Nova Scotia.  Many scholars consider Howe's success in this case a landmark event in the evolution of press freedom in Canada.
caption: Libel trial of Joseph Howe, Supreme Court (base of Joseph Howe Statue, Court Yard)
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