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Judgment had been rendered against his clients and they had been served with demands for each of them to pay the amount of the entire costs, the result being that the experts and the counsel on the other side would be paid three times over for the services they had rendered. He had no doubt his honor would see the reasonableness of his motion, that each of his clients be required to pay only one-third of the taxed bill. Judge: This is a very extraor- dinary motion. In this court our object is to make costs; not to reduce them. Mr Equity: Yes, your honor, that is a sound principle in law, but this is an exception. Here, for instance, is a man who puts in his bill for services rendered at the rate of $30 per day. My clients are willing to pay that, though they think it extortionate, but they do protest against each of them, severally, paying him that amount, and so giving him S90 per day. If he values his services at $30 per day, that is clearly all he is en- titled to, and I ask that the bills be returned to the prothonotary to be amended so that each of my clients shall pay him SlO each, au(^ so on wuth the other items in the bill. Judge: If you lived in this dis- trict, Mr Equity, you would not make such a motion. I do not forget I was a lawyer once myself and feel that the dignity of the bar must be maintained by refus- ing all motions to reduce bills of costs. The trial of Wright was then proceeded with. Asked who was his counsel, he replied he had none and would defend himself. The empanelling ctf a jury was begun, and after peremptorily challenging three, accused asked to see the list. After reading it he said, "May it please your honor, all named on this list are French Canadians." Judge: What of that ? Prisoner: Just this, I am accus- ed of a crime that is no crime in the eyes of any other class of people. To select a jury from this list to try me will be mockery of justice. Judge: Why . Prisoner: I do not object to them upon the score of creed, for I am willing to accept a jury of Irish Catholics; I have them for neigh- bors and will trust them to do what is fair; but I am here to be tried for protesting and working against the Nationalist movement to change Quebec from a British into a French province, and I deny that, on such a charge, French Canadians will impartially judge me. Judge: You are here to be tried by the law of the land. That law recognizes neither creed nor race in jurymen, all that you are en- titled to is a jury composed in half of men who understand and speak English. Prisoner: If that is the law it is plain, then, that, for offences involving national feeling, an Old Countryman's condemnation in Quebec is a foregone conclusion. Might I ask how, in a district one- third English-speaking, a panel of jurymen came to be drawn for my trial composed like this, I hold in my hand ? Judge: That is a libellous reflec- tion upon the Sherift'. Proceed, I will hear no more about this. Px'isouer making no further ob- jection, the tale of jurymen was completed. The prosecutor for the crown, Mr LeGall, said it would be much more satisfactory for him were prisoner to choose counsel. Prisoner: It is useless; that jury is ready to convict me before hearing a word of evidence. Mr Flaw, Q.C., regretted that prisoner should decline counsel, for had he availed himself of legal talent an objection could have been raised that would end the case at once. If his honor would refer to the indictment, he would ' see that the given name of the prisoner was spelled with an i in- stead of a y. Judge: If that was formally proved, the court would be under the necessity of dismissing the case. The prisoner has himself to blame in rejecting the valuable services of learned gentlemen of the bar. The case must go on. Mr LeGall, addressing the jury,, said the case was a rare one, the charges being conspiracy and trea- son. He would lay before them evidence that would prove that the prisoner had banded himself wi*)h a number like-minded to himself, under the name and title of the Equal Rights' association, to resist the government and over- throw the existing state of mat- ters in the province of Quebec. The crown had instituted the action with great reluctance and not until convinced that it was absolutely necessary, for the peace a; id security of the province, that • an example be made of the per- verse individuals who were sowing discontent in their midst. Gentle- men of the highest character and standing would come before them and testify as to the pernicious character of the views held by prisoner. He would call first upon J. Bte. Larouge: I know th6 prisoner; he is veiy well off; be- lieve he has lived on the farm he owns for over 50 years and to mj'' certain knowledge has always voted on Liberal side until last election, when I heard him tell he sooner vote for devil than Mercier man. I tell him, "Mercier man he Liberal, ' he say, "No, no; he Na- tionalist." Cross-examined by prisoner: You have always been a good and kind neighbor; know nothing against you, except you one fanatic Pro- testant at last election, and get ■ English neighbors to vote with you. Pierre Lefebvre: Was hired man with prisoner last summer; heard him say Nationalists were rebels and should be put down, and he was not too old to help to do it. When neighbors visit and talk poli- tics, he tell them they should unite against Mercier, who was one turn- coat, who had left Liberals and united with Castors to make this one French country. Olivier Pothier, N.P. : At last election I canvassed prison* in the interest of the governmen. candi- date. He told me he would sooner cut off his hand than mark his ballot in favor of a supporter of Mercier. I urged that, as a Liberal, lie could not vote for the opposition I candidate, when he replied, "Any- thing is better than a Nationalist." Ho spoke very strongly against the government and said he was urging his neighbors to combine to over- throw it, by forming a branch of Equal Rights association, and that if they did not unite to drive it out of power it would drive them out of the country. Samuel Likky: Have known pri- soner for a great many years and always regarded him as a danger- ous man in a mixed community "like ours. Have heard him use ex- treme language. Last winter, in any hearing, he quoted some wretch- ed rhyme, the purport of which was to call his holiness of Rome a foreign loon. Have no doubt, indeed am^ ■assured of fact, that prisoner ha^' been concerting with persons like himself to overthrow the govern- anent. His influence over young men is bad, unsettling their minds anil creating strife. He is a fire- brand in the community and is avoided by all respectable and Moderate men like myself. Cross-examined: Am a Protes- tant, and my wife attends church and gives something. Do not know that I ever gave much myself. Headed subscription-list for new Catholic church and send daughter to convent. Have always support- ed the party that was in power, and have received several offices. I consider it my duty as a peace- loving subject to always agree with the majority. Prisoner : Was not the verse you heard me quote this one? The kettle o' the kirk or state A seam or claut may fail in't; But de'il a forran tinker loon Shall ever ca* a nail in't. Witness: I dare say it was. You were speaking about the Jesuit act when you recited it I do not pre- sume to say whether said act was right or wrong. All I have to say is, that, as a member of a mixed community, it is advisable to ac- quiesce with what ever the ma- jority agree upon and so live in harmony. That is the principle I have acted upon and have always got on with my neighbors. Hon Henry Spencer: Have heard the evidence and conclude prisoner to be a dangerous man in a com- munity constituted like ours. The minority cannot getanything unless they go in with the majority. By always conscientiously supporting the government of the day, whether Conservative, Liberal, Castor, or Nationalist, I have received grants of public money to various deserv- ing objects in my constituency, also a few offices for myself and friends. I believe that has been the politi- cal line followed by English-speak- ing representatives generally and may be described as the Eastern Townships' policy. It is most re- prehensible to introduce religious or moral considerations into politics. Policy must be the sole guide and policy points to always cordially co-operating with the majority. In that way alone, as the eminently respectable witness who preceded me, remarked, can harmony be maintained, and it is our duty as Christians to live in peace with our neighbors. Mr LeGall remarked that as it was luncheon-time he would post- pone calling the next witness. His Honor, waking up, said he would take the motion en delibere. On being informed of what waa said, he ordered the court to be ad- journed until 2 o'clock. The jury were in their box and all were ready to proceed at that hour but his honor, not having fin- ished his cigar, it was 3 when the next witness was called. Hon H. Mercier: I am prime min- ister of the government of the day and from the number of my sup- porters in the house am assured I represent the overwhelming senti- ment of the province. To oppose my government is to oppose the will of the people. To conspire to break it down, is to enter into a conspiracy against the people. The best of all parties is with me, Cas- tor, Bleu and Rouge, and I have the endorsation of the church. My government embodies the national heart and I call it the parti na- tional, for it embraces all good men of honest views. From the evi- dence I have heard, I say without hesitation the prisoner is one of those fanatics who are in revolt against the legislature and my gov- ernment and would upsetwhat they have decreed. Such men are a menace to the public peace and the safety of the province requires that they be rigidly dealt with. I call upon all men of good principles, of whatever creed or nationality, to rally round the National party, and those who do so will be recognized by grants of public money and offices. I offer special inducements to Protestants and English-speak- ing people generally to'corae under my banner. Cross-examined: I began my career as a public nan in the char- acter of a Conservative, and after a while turned to be a Liberal. In 1886 I ceased to be a Liberal, and became leader of the parti national. That party includes many Con- servatives and Castors. As I said at Quebec last June, the rouge and the bleu should give place to the tricolor. I have broken away from old party bonds and seek to com- plete and" uphold the autonomy of the province. I mean by that, its being independent, as a French and Catholic province, of Dominion con- trol. We deny the right of Ottawa or Westminster to interfere in our affairs; we will submit to no dicta- tion frOTll njifaifloi'c V«o T ,i;,l , — to Rome to get permission to intro- duce a bill. That is another thing from acknowledging Dominion or Imperial authority. The first plank of the parti national is absolute? submission when Rome has spoken. I did say in my speech last June that our strength lay in union with the clergy and have recognized that officially by ordering that all bills in which they claim an interest must be submitted to them and have the endorsation of the liier- archy before being laid on the table of the legislature. In my speech, in which I used the words, "we were willing to tolerate all races and creeds," I meant what they ex- press, that the province is French and Catholic and we will tolerate all who recognize that as its proper and immutaljle status. If any of the minority will not do that, then they are in revolt against the legisr lature and insult the majority, and must bear the consequences as youf are now doing. John Deacon: Am a journalist in Toronto and heartily wish all like prisoner at the bottom of Lake Ontario. We sent Edgar down to Montreal to make an alliance with the new party, National, and he ef- fected an arrangement which would have dropped for sure the Old Man at Ottawa into the soup, when iu stepped a few extremists and spoil- ed our plans. Cross-examined; Am an extreme Liberal; one of the shining lights of my party; have heard it said that, at one time it was a leading plank of Liberalism to work for separa- tion of church and state and for equal rights to all. That was old- fashioned Liberalism; we have no- use for that kind now. What we want is a smooth- working party machine. Liberal pasted on one side and parti national on the other, to beat the Tories at next election. We welcome every man, no matter what his opinions otherwise uitiy be, provided he is sound on the goose — that is, in beating Sir John. Hon David Mills: As a philoso- 6 pher and decayed schoolmaster, I am prepared to expound to the court the actual political situation and to demonstrate, beyond cavil, that the prisoner, in refusing to sup- port our allies of the parti national, is an obstinate, impracticable, and wrong-headed blockhead. This I can do in briefest form in a speech of not over 4i hours' length. Judge: No, no. (Sotto voce, It is too late to take so long a snooze.) Witness: Then if I am not to be allowed to set forth my views, I will simply say, that any Liberal who does not perceive that by unit- ing with the party of my good friend MrMercier I will be restored to office, is a quadruped with elon- gated auricles. Hon Mr Goldby: If men like prisoner are to be permitted to go at large there is an end to practi- cal politics. Principles are an ex- cellent thing to talk about; I have myself dilated on the subject of truth and righteousness exalting a nation with great effect «*t mis- sionary and similar meetings; but we have to take matters as we find them in this province, and as a practical politician I say posi- tively that a public man who tries to shape his policy by principle would effect nothing. To be suc- cessful in politics you have to unite with a party and stick by it. If this talk about principles is to be tolerated, then we will never be able to tell how an election is to go. Principles are to be left at the door of the polling-room and the elector vote straight for his party. I am most consistent and judicious in that regard. I have my set of principles for Sunday and my set for the week-days. The first I lay oft' with my Sun- day coat. More than that, I have certain principles for all I meet; one for Catholics, another for Pro- testants; one for the English and another for the French. J am truly tolerant and broad and com- prehensive in my views and im- partially contribute to the support of all churches. I agree with any- body who agrees to support me. To pursue the course of accused would be to imperil the educational and other privileges of the minority. Prisoner: In two words, you are a Protestant Jesuit. Witness: I claim the protec- tion of the court: I have been insulted. Judge: It is no insult, it is a compliment to call you a Jesuit. Ah, very good men Jesuits: very good confessors! Rev Professor James Hyridge: My sympathies are as widely em- bracing as the ocean and as im- partial as the sunbeams. I soar above the prejudices and narrow- nesses of the common ruck. I take a calm and dispassionate view of all questions. The people rage and lash themselves into a fury; I stand unmoved in my serenity, and move among them a living ensample of truth and righteous- ness. I have never degraded my dignity by ad capatandum speeches; by invective or intolerant denun- ciation. I see good in all men, churches and institutions, and con- sidering how far short they all fall of my lofty ideal, I place them all upon a level as to incomplete- ness. I have worshipped in the glorious fanes of Italy, and doing so realized how much k;iperior the veneration of those who built them to the materialism of our age, and how much has been lost through the iconoclasts of the Reformation. The views of the accused are re- pugnant to me and he is worthy of condemnation in stirring up strife by opposing the will of the majority. Altho' my own church is only benefitted to a slight degree, I uphold the union of church and state wherever and however exem- plified. ,i/ Prisoner: Whom do you term stirrers up of strife, those who offer provocation by perpetrating grave wrong or those who resist that Avrong? Witness: You are a misguided roan. Prisoner: Then, answer me this: Is it my duty to take my rule of life from the Scriptures or from you? Witness: One who has not at- tended my lectures and who is so profoundly ignorant of the scien- tific methods of modern exegisis, should not presume to say what the Scriptures teach. George Washington: Really I don't know why I was summoned. I go in, you know, for everybody minding their own business; priests leaving politicians alone and poli- ticians the priests. We want no church and state dickers, deals or partnerships, in Canada. I can tell the court a little story that will make my views clear. There was a farmer in Vermont who had three daughters, and Judge: It is a minute past the time to adjourn SECOND DAY. It was half-past ten when the court was ready to proceed. On the Judge's entering, a farmer rose and said he had been summoned as a juryman and had been in atten- dance now three weeks and, on behalf of himself and fellow-jurors not on the present case, would ask to be discharged. Judge: Ah, we have not cleared the docket: only 3 cases have been disposed of. Another Farmer craved permis- sion to say a few words. He had been summoned to attend as a witness, had left his farm without any one to look after it, and if detained lono-er miorht bp ruinpd. As nobody seemed to know when the case he was required for would be called, might he not be allowed to go home and return on a day's notice ? Mr LeGall: These complaints are outrageous. Here we have been disposing of busmess with all possible expedition and have every prospect of finishing the term in another fortnight. The hardships of a few individuals is not to stand in the way of the due administra- tion of justice. Judge: Verj- sorry, gentlemen; but you must continue in atten- dance. Farmer: Could the court 'not sit 8 instead of 4 or 5 hours a day and finish the business? Crier: Silence! Silence! was then The trial of Wright gone on with. Hon Mr Roadie: I would ask the court the privilege of giving my evidence in the language of la belle France. I am happy to say I have so far forgotten English that I no longer think in it. I am the English representative in the cabi- net. The prisoner is th? embodi- ment of all the wicked passions in the province, a disturber of its peace and a conspirator against the interests of both French and Eng. lish. I love the Jesuits, I bow before the Cardinal, I adore his Holiness. Twice have I sent as my gift, to be laid at the foot of the throne of the Vatican, the price of two and a half of my very finest bouquets. There is really no esser - tial difference between the two churches and, with my deputy, Mgr. Labelle, I am preparing a plan to reunite them, which I will put in the form of a bill and sub- mit to the Cardinal and the Pro- testant Committee of Instruction for their approval before introducing into the house. I am proud to say that, as special protector of the minority, their interests are scrupu- lously regarded by the majority. Look, for instance, at the Jesuit act, which a few fanatics like the 8 It < prisoner object tc In voting WO.OOO to their church the ma- jority were under no necessity of giving the Protestants a cent, but, behold, they voted them $60,000! That is proof of the liberality of my colleagues, and I am authorized by them to say that they have similar claims to settle which they are prepared to do on the same ba- sis, of allowing one-seventh to the minority. That is what I call fair- ness: it does not signify to us where the money comes from or to whom it is paid if we get our divvy. If the minority raises fantastic scruples about conscience and equal rights, the majority will proceed to with- draw all privileges from the minor- ity, including the use of English as an official language and schools of their own. Hon Mr Laurier: As a juris-con- sult, a student of history, and a legislator, am prepared to affirm that the indictments against pri- soner are well-founded. Cross-examined: Am leader of the Liberal party; am aware that Doutre, Eric Dorion, Laflamme, and other Rouge leaders advocated sep- aration of church and state and. in my youthful inexperience, I sup- ported them. In deference to re- spected authorities, have renounced such dangerous ideas and there is now no difference between us and the Bleus so far as regards the church; as a matter oi fact, I sup- pose I must admit Liberals would have had no chance of success un- less they had abandoned these old doctrines or Liberalism. Mr LeGall said he would here resi; the case for the prosecution. The Prisoner said he would call a few of his neighbors to testify as to the necessity of the agitation for equal rights. Nassau Wolseley: Twelve years ago my neighbor on my west line offered to seii out to me, as he want- ed to join his sons in the west. We agreed on the price and, on receiv- ing a clear title.paid him the money. A few months afterwards, I was served with a special notice that unless I paid the instalment past y rights as a British subject. If the majority are going to use the power they have obtained, under the British North America act, to make this province what it was before it became a British posses- sion, I not only am not going to help them but will oppose their de- signs while breath remains in me. It is Mercier and his supporters and not myself who should be standing here to answer a charge of conspiracy and treason. Mr Goldby and Mr Roadie have said, if the minority generally were to act as I have done, our language and schools would be taken from us. I want to say here, and once for all, that the English - speaking population in this province do not hold their privileges by the grace of anybody and are not going to submit to be "tolerated" or treated as strangers and intrudeis. A Brit- ish subject does not need to ask the permission of the legislature to use English wherever the Union Jack floats; it is the language of the Empire, and to be given tirst place. Nor is the enjoyment of our re- ligious privileges, whether exer- cised in education or otherwise, at the mercy of Mercier, or any of his party. The right of private judg- ment, as inseparable from the Brit- ish subject as the blood that flows in his veins, secures religious liberty and all that the term implies. It is time all this gush on the part of the Nationalists and their flatterers about 'concessions' and 'generosity' and 'forbearance' to the minority was dropped. The sooner the ma- jority realize that we have as good a title as they have to be here, and that the rights they have infringed upon and threaten to take from us, are our inalienable heritage as sub- jects of the British crown, the bet- ter for themselves and for the peace of the Dominion. When I heard of Laurier, parading before Ontario audiences, the magnanimity of al- lowing the minority in Quebec the enjoyment of this and that privilege as proof of the virtue of the parti national, I grew indignant at the deception, for we have to thank no- body but our for'fathers, who won them, for the enjoyment of rights that are as common to all British subjects as air and light are to all men, and which cannot be taken from us until the Nationalists tear down the old flag and replace it with the tri-color, and that is a contract I would advise them to let out by tender. When the Quebec legislature proposed measures for the good of all, they have had my hearty approval, but in all they have done to root up British insti- 12 tutions and change the province into a French and Papal state, I have done my best to oppose them. If that be treason, then I am guilty. For the witnesses of my own race and creed who have testified against me, I have no other feeling than that of pity. If they are will- ing to sell their heritage for a mess of pottage — for a few offices or grants of public money to local im- provements — all I have to say is, I am not, and when the National- ists come to reckon at close quar- ters, they will find few among the minority who will desert the ranks of the old cause of constitutional freedom to take their dirty shil- ling". Mr LeGall proceeded to address the jury with great fluency. He said his task was much simplified by the prisoner having no evidence to ofl'er in his defence, and which was equivalent to a plea of guilty. The question was, did the evidence produced by the crown substantiate the charges made in the indictment? Beginning with the testimony of the first witness and going on to that of the last, the learned gentleman demonstrated how v^learly they bore out the charges that the prisoner had harbored a purpose of revolt against the government and had induced other electors to join with him in a conspiracy to overthrow the said government. It was true there was no proof as to violence having been used, but there was intent, and that was all sub-division 22 of section 49 of the statute re- quired. He was assured the jury would agree with him that the pri- soner was a dangerous man and ought to be made an example of. His Plonor intimated that he would charge the jury after dinner. The court resumed at 2.35. I ho. .J\1f\(rn coirl ihn ^j.^* «>r^:»i l^ be considered was the law on the subject and the second, whether the prisoner had violated its pro- f f4 '\ f4 visions. He proceeded to read the law, together with the opinions of several conjmentMors. The law was a good and necessary one, to protect the government against as- saults, and it was the duty of all to see that it was impartially en- forced. As to the second point, whether the prisoner had violated the provisions of the statute made and provided in this case, the evi- dence must answer. The learned judge here read his notes of the evidence, making comments upon it as he did so. The evidence was strong and conclusive, so much so that the prisoner had not attempt- ed its rebuttal, and instead had made an ex parte statement, the legal effect of which was merely to confirm the, testimony against hirq. If the jury believed what witnesses had stated was true, it was their duty to convict; if they had any doubt as to its truth, it was their duty to give the prisoner the bene- lit of that doubt The jury then retired. An hour after, the judge sent to enquire if they had agreed upon a verdict when the reply came that they were having a smoke and had not considered it yet, having agreed that it would be cheaper to stay in court over Sunday instead of going back to their hotels. Court was adjourned until Monday. THIRD DAY. On His Honor taking his seat on the bench, Mr Equity said he had a motion to make for an order to stop the sale of a horse taken possession of under color of law but with crimin- al intent. Judgment by default had been entered against John Bull of the township of Victoria for ^48.07 and costs. He held in his hand the affidavit of John Bull that he was due the plaintifl' noth- ing, and in proof produced hia re^ ceipt, whicli he begged leave to fyle. 18 Judge: Why did he not do so within the legal delay? Mr Equity: My client never knew of any action being institut- ed against him. Judge: He must have been regu- larly served. John Bull: I will explain how it was, your honor. Judge: This is altogether irregu- lar. Joh Bull: Never mind, I won't take a minute. One day, while I was plowing, a little black man CQiies across the field to me and says, says he, "You John Beel, eh?" "Yes," says I, "and I stands by it as a name not to be ashamed of." With that he hands me a folded paper. I sees it was a law docy- m^nt, and opens it, when blessed if I could read one word of it except the first, "Victoria,"— God bless her, says I. "Why, my man," says I, "this docyment is in French; I can- not read it, w^hat's it about?" He shrugged his shoulders. "Won't you read it for me?" asks I. He gives another shrug, "Me no speak Anglais," says he, and blessed if he didn't skip, leaving me with that ere docyment in my hand. I takes it home and my wife could not read it, and my children couldn't, and my neighbors couldn't, and so I puts it on the chimbley-piece and says I will take it when I goes to the village and have it interpreted by a notary. Well, it came broken weather, and it was a fort- night afore the roads were fit to travel. One morning, Saturday week, I says to my wife, "Get ready, and we will go to the vil- lage today." As I was harnessing Bill which, by your honor's leave, is tae name of my best hoss, the little black man drives into my yard with two more Canadians, and puts another paper in mv fist ciiiu i OiCasuu ilia eyes wnen i sees it was in French again. "You pay?" asks he. "May I be d— d, if I do," u says T, "no man will rob me," and then he writes down something and points to a man with him- and says, "He garrl (m," who grabs Bill's halter and begins to lead him away. I was going to knock them all down, when my wife interferes, crying out to have no trouble with officers of the law, and they cleared out, and Bill with 'em. 1 hitches another horse and goes to the village, where I had the docyments read and learns as how I had been sued for a debt I had paid two years ago, judgment given by default, and a seizure issued to satisfy it. A friend advised me to get a good lawyer at once, but I thinks, right being on my side and having a re- ceipt, there io no hurry, and I'll make 'em sweat the harder for it when I goes for 'em in court, and I finishes my threshing and comes on today to see Mr Equity and hears on the road that Bill was to be sold this forenoon. What I wants to know is, if this here Cnnada is a British country and if it be, can papers be served upon me, John Bui), in the name of the Queen in a language I don't know a word of? The Judge, who had at first re- peatedly tried to stop the torrent of Mr Bull's talk, and latterly re- signed himself to endure it, address- ing Mr Equity, said his client, by his own testimony, had shown no injustice had been done; that the procedui-e in his case had been strictly according to law. Mr Equity: 1 admit that, your honor, but in a case where the pro- cedure is made a cover for robbing a man of his property an exception should be made. Judge: The code declares i^'rench and English to be the official lan- cruages of the province and suitors have their option to use either. You have your recourse by an action against plaintifi' Mr Equity: It would be in vain: he is an undischarged insolvent and we can neither recover off him the price of the horse or the costs. John Bull: Is this here province a forrin land? If my Queen calls me to appear in her courts, have 1 not a right to be summoned in the Queens English? Can I be per- secuted in a British court in a lingo I don't understand? Judge; Prosecuted you mean, sir. • Certainly; the law assumes that you know French. John Bull: If that be the law, then I'm blessed if T don't leave that Conservative party I have al- • ways voted, with and go in with my neighbor in the dock there for Equal Rights. Judge: I caution you, that if you speak again you will be committed for .'contempt of court. > Mr LeGall :../ And I will indict you for conspiracy and treason. The Judge ordered the sherifi" to see if the jury were ready to ren- der their verdict. In a short time he returned with the jury, who, in . answer to the clerk, intimated that Julien Leboeuf was foreman. Ask- ed their verdict, the foreman rose and said, Guilty against Mercier. Judge: The court cannot accept that verdict. You must say "guilty" or else "not guilty." Foreman: We discuss the matter, and one juryman say prisoner guilty against Laurier. Three or four say No, no; guiltjT^ against Chapleau, and then fight goon between rouges and bleus. I cries Silence, mes- sieurs; I have one plan to settle this. We all say prisoner guilty, but not agree who guilty against. Now I tell you, Mercier, he both rouge and bleu at same time and one grand Nationalist besides. Then all say yes, yes, and we re- turn verdict Guilty against Mercier. and will give no other.. Judge: If prisoner is guilty it is not against any individual but against the crown, and so your ver- dict should say. l^'oreman: We not know the crown. MrLeGall: The intent of the jury is plain.and I would suggest to your honor that the words "against Mer- cier" be treated as surplusage. I beg to hand to your honor the opin- ion of the Dominion attomey-gen- 15 eral, Sir John Thompson, on sur- plusage. Judge: Oh, well, if you make a motion I will take it in delibere. The jury was then discharged, the prisoner remanded, and the court adjourned. His Honor is ex- pected to give judgment before the end of the century.