North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-11-13

| Hilbert with instant death ii he did not
follow him 10 the patriot camp, which
Thibert did Immediately. Gave a good
character to Messrs. Dnluette, Lepailleur,
Guimond, Lesiege, Cote and Therien,
whom he knew as peaceabe and quiet
citizens.
and, Joseph LoiSee, gave good cha
racter 10 Mr.. Cardinal, whom he had
known more than IS years. He also gave
good character to Ducharme, Guerin
and Therien. He swore that ]. nj. Thi-
bert was forced by some person armed TO
go to the patriot camp.
Sd, Paul Allene gave good character
to all the prisoners, but the court refused
to hear him, as they said he was saying
The same thing as the other witnesses, in
behalf of the prisoners.
4th. Pierre Jacques Beaudry, one of the
clerks of the Montreal jail, said that Lean
DIRE Ducharme, whom John M'Donald, the
second witness for the Crown, had said on
his oath 10 have seen on the 10th Nov. at
Lapigeonniere, county Of Lacadie, had
been lodged in the Montreal jail on the 7th
Of November, and that during two nights
since his imprisonment he had absented
himself from Jail under the guard of the
Provost Marshal, but cannot say where he
went.
5th John Wilson, Provost Marshal,
said that on the nights ofthe 2slh & 29th
Nov, Ducharme had slept with his fellow
prisoners at Pointe Caiiiere.
9th Laurent Latour, of Lachine, swore
that he had seen Ducharme at Lachine on
Saturday the Sd of Nov, and that he had
spent the evening with him at Cousins
house. The next day, Sunday he saw
Ducharme at the church door. This Wit
ness contradicts the testimony OF John
Lewis Grant, the first witness OF the
Crown, who swore that Ducharme was
at Chateauguy on Saturday evening and
Sunday morning. He also contradicts the
testimony of John Mcdonald, the End
witness of the Crown.
7lh Michel Roy Portelance, Of Lachine,
swore that he saw Ducharme at Lachine
on the 4th Nov, between ii O'Clock and
noon. There is no ferry between Cha
teaugay and Lachine on the Sundays.
The wind was so strong on the night of
the Sd Nov, that il was impossible for
Ducharme 10 cross 10 Chstesugay.
9Th, Elizabeth ST. Denis Widow Bou
dria, of Chateaugay, did not see Ducharme
at Cha,eaugay, on the 4th Nov, contra
diets the testimony Of John Mcdonald,
the 2nd witness of the Crown, who said
that it was Ducharme, who came to him
(John McDonaldl to Mrs. Boudria's
house; but she cannot recollect who took
away the prisoner. Says that John Lewis
Grant, the first witness Of the Crown, was
DRUNK all the time.
9th, Vital Dumouchele said that he
was sent for on the Alb Nov. in the morn
ing to mount guard, aud that he was for
ced TO go-he was immedialy taken By the
Policemen and thrown into Jail.
10th, Alexis Mesnard. The testimony
Of this witness soon closed, and brought no
new light upon the subject.
IIth, Messire Jean Bite. LabeIle, curate
of Chateauguay, gave a good and very
respectable character to Messrs. Cardinal,
Dueuetle, Lecuyer, J. l.. Hilbert, who
had been made churchwarden. He also
gave good character to all the prisoners,
except Ducharme, whom he knew not;
the prisoner belonged TO Lachine.
1aih, Pierre Rocbon, farmer of Chateau
gay, swore that Jean Marie Hilbert had
been 10 his house on The 5th Nov, and
had been concealed in the woods till the
10th. This testimony is in contradiction
to what John M'Donald, the second wit
ness for the Crown, said M'Donald had
sworn that Jean Marie Thibert was with
the patriots on the 10Th, at Lapigeonniere,
comfy Of Lacatie.