CHAPTER XXXII

LAW AND ORDER

JAILS--POLICE SERVICES--COURTHOUSE--LAW OFFICERS

EARLY PUNISHMENTS--FIRST CASES OF THE MAGISTRATES--GEORGE THE “NAGRE”--“EXECUTION FOR MURDER”--OTHER CRIMES PUNISHED BY DEATH--SOLDIER DESERTIONS--A PUBLIC EXECUTION--THE JAILS--- THE JAIL TAX TROUBLES--OBNOXIOUS TOASTS--THE NEW JAIL OF 1836--ITS POPULATIONS--THE NEW BORDEAUX PRISON--OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY PRISONS--THE EARLY POLICING OF MONTREAL--THE LOCAL POLICE FORCE OF 1815--THE POLICE FORCE AFTER THE REBELLION OF 1837-1838--POLICE CHIEFS--MODERN LAW COURTS AND JUDGES--THE HISTORY OF THE BAR--THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS OF MONTREAL--THE RECORDERS--THE ARCHIVES. SUPPLEMENT--THE JUDGES OF THE HIGHER COURTS FROM 1764 TO 1914--THE SHERIFFS OF MONTREAL--THE PROTHONOTARIES--THE COURTHOUSE SITES--THE BATONNIERS 413