The General Court Martial of 1838-39 in Lower Canada: An Abuse of Justice

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Title
The General Court Martial of 1838-39 in Lower Canada: An Abuse of Justice
Abstract
The author states, with the absolute certainty of 20-20 late twentieth-century hindsight, that the threat of another apprehended insurrection following the second rebellion in 1839 in Lower Canada was "at variance with the reality an historian can establish with relative ease." Therefore, he concludes that the court martial trials of the rebels were an act of revenge sought be the English-speaking population of Lower Canada, and an abuse of justice.
Book Title
Canadian Perspectives on Law & Society: Issues in Legal History
Place
Ottawa, ON
Publisher
Carleton University Press
Date
1988
Pages
249-290
Language
en
Citation
Greenwood, F. Murray. “The General Court Martial of 1838-39 in Lower Canada: An Abuse of Justice.” In Canadian Perspectives on Law & Society: Issues in Legal History, edited by W. Wesley Pue and Barry Wright, 249–290. Ottawa, ON: Carleton University Press, 1988.
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