Item #39373 Answer - To An Introduction to the Observations, made by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the District of Quebec, upon the Oral and Written Testimony Adduced upon the Investigation into the past Administration of Justice, ordered in consequence of an Address of the Legislative Council. - With Remarks on the Laws and Government of the Province of Quebec. Francis MASERES.

Answer - To An Introduction to the Observations, made by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the District of Quebec, upon the Oral and Written Testimony Adduced upon the Investigation into the past Administration of Justice, ordered in consequence of an Address of the Legislative Council. - With Remarks on the Laws and Government of the Province of Quebec.

London. [Privately Printed]. 1790. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo. 20.2cm, The First Edition, 2.p.l., 107p., original self wraps including half-title page, disbound, very good to fine. (cdn) T.P.L. 617. Sabin 66990.Gagnon II-71. Dionne 875. Lande 623. JCB 3415. Casey 724. Privately printed first edition. Written by Francis Maseres, a former Attorney- General of Lower Canada, the book is strongly critical of Justices Mabone, Dunn and Panet, for their mis-administration of justice in the Province; and for their placing of the blame on the terms of the Quebec Act rather than on their own mis-conduct. Item #39373

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