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The Sovereign Council acted as the court of appeal for decisions made in the lower courts in New France. Any criminal conviction could be appealed to the Council. [22] There was some hope in a more favourable outcome, as the attorney general who sat on the Council was the only official in New France required having formal university legal training.
Although the Onondaga had ceased their attacks against New France, the Mohawk had continued staging small-scale raids against Montreal in 1662 and 1663. [7] Arguments over the appointment of members of the Sovereign Council continued. In September 1664, Mezy expelled four members of the Council, including Jean Bourdon, the attorney general.
Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, second seignor of Bic. The maritime site of Bic became a ships mooring location as soon as first French explorers came to North America. [1]The seignory was granted on May 6, 1675, to Charles Denys de Vitré who belonged to an important French family and who was a member of the Sovereign Council of New France since 1673. [2]
With the new royal administration of 1663, the title of governor general was given to the person responsible for the military and diplomatic relations. The duties of administration of justice, police and finance were given to the Intendant , who presided over the Sovereign Council.
In 1719, his cousin, Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, put his name forward to be Chief Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France, but the Intendant, Michel Bégon de la Picardière, withdrew his support as on more than one occasion de Lotbinière had opposed attempts to interfere with decrees which the ...
Louis-Guillaume Verrier (October 19, 1690 – September 13, 1758) was a lawyer in the parliament of Paris and attorney general of the Sovereign Council of New France. [1]The son of Guillaume Verrier, king's attorney, and Marie-Madeleine Thibault, he was born in Paris, studied law and was admitted to the bar of Paris in August 1712.
On 15 January 1634, Giffard was granted one of New France's the first seigneuries and he returned to the colony accompanied by his wife and two children. The colony - with Samuel de Champlain still as Governor - was continuing to experience a lack of immigration.
As intendant, Champigny was responsible for justice, civil administration, economic development, and finance in the colony, as well as the social welfare of the inhabitants. In 1688, he asked the Sovereign Council of New France to establish a Bureau for the Poor in Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivières so as to support the indigent by giving ...