1739

In 1739 a soldier who had been on sentry duty at the powder magazine and a Karrer sergeant were absolved of any blame when two civilian prisoners, probably held in the barracks of the Demi-Bastion Dauphin, escaped custody. The soldier had had the prisoners as part of his conseigne while on duty at the magazine, and the sergeant had opened the door to allow the mother of one of the prisoners and some other relatives in for a visit. The sergeant, of course, was tried by a Swiss Conseil de Guerre. [Source: Margaret Fortier, Fortress Security and Military Justice at Louisbourg, 1720-45, Unpublished Report H E 14 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1980), p. 74]