Petition of the Hon. Eleazar Bedard, one of the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench for the district of Montreal, to Her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen, &c. &c. &c
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1848
Place of publication: Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Judges; Juges; Québec (Province). Court of King's Bench; Québec (Province). Cour du banc du roi
Other titles: To Her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen, the humble petition of the undersigned the Honorable Elzéar Bédard, one of the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench for the district of Montreal, in that part of the province of Canada which formerly constituted the province of Lower Canada
Notes: Docket title.

Bedard had a dispute over precedence with Charles Dewey Day, his junior colleague, which was taken to the judicial committee of the Privy Council in London. He learned on his deathbed that the committee had ruled in his favour--Cf. Dictionary of Canadian biography, v. 7, p. 62.

Caption title: To Her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen, the humble petition of the undersigned the Honorable Elzéar Bédard, one of the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench for the district of Montreal, in that part of the province of Canada which formerly constituted the province of Lower Canada.

"Appendix. Abstract of the documents transmitted by the petitioner, Mr. J. Bedard"--p. 15.