CHAPTER IV

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 “DISTRESSES OF THE CANADIANS” 35