The Administration of Justice at the Fortress of Louisbourg, 1713-1758 ~ Select Legal Proceedings of the Fortress of Louisbourg: Marc Riolet and Elie Thesson dit La Flourie

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The Administration Of Justice At The Fortress Of Louisbourg (1713-1758)

1736

	Registre pour servir à l'enregistrement des sentences rendues au Bailliage royal de Louisbourg, pour sentences rendues en matière criminelle. 1734-1745. 44 folios. G2 196 Liasse No. 122 H J 31 Archives Nationales, Section Outre-Mer, G2, Volume 196, July 1736
	Plusieurs requêtes et mémoires, sans suite de procédures, présentées en 1736 par et pour les personnes cy après ... G2, Volume 183, [1736], f. 398.

A group of North Shore residents severely beat Marc Riolet on the Royal Battery road.

Marc Riolet, "negotiant faisant de present en cette ville," complained going to the Royal Battery, One AM for Mass

	Elie Thesson dit La Flourie left his house to say "satise" to plaintiff "avec des termes que la bien séance ne promet pas de reciter," approached with cane in his hand.
	Riolet picked up a rock in each hand.
	La Flourie retreated
	Sent his son out with cane
	Berrichon, son-in-law of La Flourie jumped on Riolet, beat him, pulled his hair.
	Riolet kicked back
	Two women joined in beating of him
	Blames La Flourie as "auteur desdt maltreatment"
	300 livres in damages sought which he would give to the Sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame