To the public, the novel situation in which I have been recently placed, viz., that of a culprit at the Bar of the Weekly Sessions ...
By: signed, George Pozer
Contributors: Québec (Québec). Conseil municipal
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1844
Place of publication: Québec, Québec?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Building laws; Droit civil
Notes: " ... I am not so much in the wrong as might be inferred from the harsh proceedings of our City Council. I allude to my conviction for the new crime of continuing the door steps to some of my houses, which have had them for a hundred years or more."

"In 1842, Pozer refused to comply with the regulation obliging owners to remove, at their own expense, those [doorsteps] encroaching upon the sidewalks"--Dict. of Can. bio., v. 7, p. 709.

Imprint date from internal evidence: "I am now going on fifty-nine years a resident of Quebec"; Pozer arrived in Québec in 1785 (cf. Dict. of Can. bio.).