Report of the State Trials: Before a General Court Martial Held at Montreal in 1838-9: Exhibiting a Complete History of the Late Rebellion in Lower Canada

Report Of The State Trials: Before A General Court Martial Held At Montreal In 1838-9: Exhibiting A Complete History Of The Late Rebellion In Lower Canada by Armour and Ramsay. This volume collects the transcripted proceedings of a General Court Martial convened in Montreal during 1838–1839 to try those implicated in the rebellion in Lower Canada. The documents encompass proclamations and ordinances authorizing martial law, the formal commissions appointing officers, and the orders directing the trials and sentences of prisoners. The core contents are the trials themselves, including the Queen V. Cardinal and others, and subsequent cases such as Huot, and Be?e?u?harnois-era defendants, each with sworn testimonies, courtroom exchanges, and concluding sentences (including executions and transportation). The text also contains the Crown’s and defense lawyers’ speeches, translations of French testimony, and various appended papers (writs, certificates, and petitions). As a primary source, it offers insight into the governance, legal mechanisms, and punitive measures deployed during the Lower Canada rebellions of the 1830s, and illustrates how martial law intersected with civil liberties in colonial jurisprudence.