CIVIC GOVERNMENT UNDER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
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RALPH BURTON, GOVERNOR OF MONTREAL, BECOMES MILITARY
COMMANDANT--FRICTION AMONG MILITARY COMMANDERS--JUSTICES
OF PEACE CREATED--FIRST QUARTER SESSIONS--MILITARY
VERSUS CITIZENS--THE WALKER OUTRAGE--THE TRIAL--WALKER
BOASTS OF SECURING MURRAY’S RECALL--MURRAY’S DEFENSE
AFTER HIS RECALL--THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ABUSE THEIR
POWER--CENSURED BY THE COUNCIL AT QUEBEC--COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
ESTABLISHED--PIERRE DU CALVET--CARLETON’S DESCRIPTION OF THE
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