Montreal, 1535-1914. Vol. 2. Under British Rule, 1760-1914

by William H. Atherton

SUPPLEMENT

JUDGES OF THE COURT OF KINGS BENCH, LOWER CANADA

Date.	Place.	Name.
Dec. 11, 1794	Montreal	John Fraser
Dec. 15, 1794	Montreal	Jean Antoine Panet
Dec. 16, 1794	Montreal	James Walker
May 8, 1795	Montreal	Pierre Louis Panet
June 22, 1796	Montreal	Isaac Ogden
Feb. 1, 1800	Montreal	Arthur Davidson
May 7, 1807	Montreal	James Reid
Dec. 10, 1812	Montreal	Louis Charles Foucher
May 1, 1820	Montreal	George Pyke
Feb. 1, 1825	Montreal	Norman Fitzgerald Uniacke
Dec. 6, 1828	Montreal	George Pyke
Jan. 7, 1830	Montreal	Jean Roch Rolland
Dec. 8, 1830	Montreal	George Pyke
Dec. 9, 1830	Montreal	Norman Fitzgerald Uniacke
Dec. 11, 1830	Montreal	Jean Roch Rolland
Aug. 23, 1834	Montreal	Samuel Gale
Aug. 30, 1838	Montreal	George Pyke
Aug. 30, 1838	Montreal	Jean Roch Rolland
Dec. 20, 1838	Montreal	George Pyke
Dec. 20, 1838	Montreal	Jean Roch Rolland
Dec. 20, 1838	Montreal	Samuel Gale
JUDGES OF COURT OF THE COMMON PLEAS, P.Q.
Date.	Place.	Name.
Dec. 11, 1764	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. Adam Mabane
Dec. 11, 1764	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. Francis Munier
Dec. 11, 1764	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. John Fraser
July 14, 1769	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. Hector Theophilus Cramahé
July 14, 1769	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. Adam Mabane
July 14, 1769	Montreal and Quebec	Hon. John Fraser
July 23, 1776	Montreal	Peter Livius
July 23, 1776	Montreal	William Owen
Aug. 22, 1776	Montreal	Edward Southouse
March 6, 1777	Montreal	Peter Livius
March 6, 1777	Montreal	William Owen
March 6, 1777	Montreal	Gabriel Elzear Taschereau
May 29, 1777	Montreal	Edward Southouse
May 29, 1777	Montreal	Edward Southouse
Feb. 18, 1779	Montreal	Hon. Adam Mabane
Feb. 18, 1779	Montreal	Thos. Dunn
Aug. 30, 1779	Montreal	Hon. John Fraser
Aug. 30, 1779	Montreal	Hon. Hertel de Rouville
Aug. 30, 1779	Montreal	Edward Southouse
Dec. 24, 1788	Montreal	Adam Mabane
Dec. 24, 1788	Montreal	Thomas Dunn
Dec. 24, 1788	Montreal	Pierre Panet
Dec. 24, 1788	Montreal	William Dummer Powell
Dec. 24, 1788	Montreal	Simon Sanguinet
Jan.7, 1790	Quebec and Montreal	Adam Mabane
Jan.7, 1790	Quebec and Montreal	Thomas Dunn
Jan.7, 1790	Quebec and Montreal	Peter Panet
Jan.7, 1790	Quebec and Montreal	John Frazer
Jan.7, 1790	Quebec and Montreal	Hertel de Rouville
JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, LOWER CANADA
Date.	Place.	Name.
Jan. 12, 1792	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	John Fraser
Jan. 12, 1792	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	Thomas Dunn
Jan. 12, 1792	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	Hertel de Rouville
Jan. 12, 1792	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	Jenkin Williams
Jan. 12, 1793	Montreal	Peter Panet
Aug. 30, 1793	Montreal	Peter Panet
Jan. 28, 1794	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	John A. Panet
Feb. 8, 1794	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	P.A. DeBonne
Feb. 8, 1794	Quebec, Montreal and Three Rivers	James Walker
JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, P.Q.
Date.	Place.	Name.
June 15, 1770	Montreal	John Fraser
June 15, 1770	Montreal	John Marteilhe
Feb. 1, 1771	Montreal	John Marteilhe
Feb. 1, 1771	Montreal	John Fraser
July 1, 1771	Montreal	John Fraser
July 1, 1771	Montreal	John Marteilhe
Jan. 13, 1772	Montreal	John Marteilhe
Jan. 13, 1772	Montreal	John Fraser
June 23, 1772	Montreal	John Fraser
June 23, 1772	Montreal	John Marteilhe
JUDGES OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT, P.Q.
Date.	Place.	Name.
Nov. 25, 1779	Montreal	John Fraser
Nov. 25, 1779	Montreal	Hertel de Rouville
Nov. 25, 1779	Montreal	Edward Southouse
ASSISTANT JUDGE, LOWER CANADA
Date.	Place.	Name.
June 1, 1818	District of Montreal	George Pyke
JUDGES CIRCUIT
Date.	Place.	Name.
April 22, 1844	Montreal District	Hypolite Guy
April 24, 1844	Montreal District	Charles Joseph Elzear Mondelet
April 27, 1844	Montreal District	John Samuel McCord
April 29, 1844	Montreal District	William Badgley
JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
Date.	Place.	Name.
Jan. 26, 1877	District of Montreal	Hon. Vinceslas P. Wilfrid Dorion
June 23, 1883	District of Montreal	Hon. Michel Mathieu
April 12, 1886	District of Montreal	Hon. Charles Ignace Gill
June 10, 1887	District of Montreal	Charles Peers Davidson
April 15, 1889	District of Montreal	Charles Chamilly De Lorimier
June 5, 1889	District of Montreal	Siméon Pagnuelo
Oct. 19, 1891	District of Montreal	Charles Joseph Doherty
Nov. 22, 1893	District of Montreal	John Sprott Archibald
Oct. 18, 1895	District of Montreal	Hon. John Joseph Curran
Jan. 14, 1898	District of Montreal	François Xavier Langelier
June 25, 1901	District of Montreal	Norman William Trenholme
Sept. 25, 1901	City of Montreal	Thomas Fortin
June 11, 1902	District of Montreal	Henri-Césaire Saint Pierre
Mar. 11, 1903	District of Montreal	Napoléon Charbonneau
May 5, 1904	District of Montreal	John Dunlop
Aug. 31, 1906	District of Montreal	Eugène Lafontaine
Aug. 31, 1906	District of Montreal	Edmund Guerin
JUDGES OF CIRCUIT COURT
Date.	Place.	Name.
Nov. 16, 1893	District of Montreal	Denis Barry
Nov. 16, 1893	District of Montreal	Charles L. Champagne
June 8, 1895	District of Montreal	John Daly Purcell
July 7, 1898	District of Montreal	Achille Dorion
Jan. 18, 1908	District of Montreal	Calixte Le Beuf
Nov. 29, 1913	District of Montreal	Jean Baptiste Archambault
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT, P.Q.
Date.	Place.	Name.
Oct. 27, 1894	District of Montreal	Melbourne M. Tait
JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR QUEBEC
Date.	Place.	Name.
Jan. 11, 1910	District of Montreal	Charles Archer
July 6, 1910	Residing at Montreal	Robert Alfred Ernest Greenshields
July 6, 1910	Residing at Montreal	Charles Laurendeau
Jan. 14, 1912	Residing at Montreal	Simeon Beaudin
July 16, 1912	Judicial District of Montreal	Campbell Lane
Dec. 7, 1912	Judicial District of Montreal	Louis Edmond Panneton

COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH (SUPERIOR COURT), LOWER CANADA
From 1841 to 1849 Inclusive
Judges.[5]	From	To
Chief Justice.
Sir Jas. Stuart, Bart	Feb. 10, 1841	Dec. 31, 1849
J.R. Vallière de St. Réal (M.)	June 1, 1842	Feb. 17, 1847
J.R. Rolland, (M.)	Apr. 23, 1847	Dec. 31, 1849
Puisné Judges
Edward Bowen (Q.)	Feb. 10, 1841	Dec. 31, 1849
Phi. Panet (Q.).	Feb. 10, 1841	Dec. 31, 1849
Elz. Bédard (Q.)	Feb. 10, 1841	Apr. 25, 1848
T.C. Aylwin (Q.)	Apr. 26, 1848	Dec. 31, 1849
Geo. Pyke (M.)	Feb. 10, 1841	June 28, 1842
J.R. Rolland (M.)	Feb. 10, 1841	Apr. 22, 1847
Saml. Gale (M.)	Feb. 10, 1841	Apr. 25, 1848
C.D. Day (M.)	June 29, 1842	Dec. 31, 1849
Jas. Smith (M.)	Apr. 23, 1847	Dec. 31, 1849
Elz. Bédard (M.)	Apr. 26, 1848	Aug. 11, 1849
COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH (APPEAL AND CRIMINAL), LOWER CANADA
From 1850 to 1865 Inclusive
Judges	From	To
Chief Justice
Sir Jas. Stuart, Bart (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Died July 14, 1853
Sir L.H. LaFontaine, Bart (M.)	Aug. 13, 1853	Died Feb. 26, 1864
Hon. J.F.J. Duval (Q.)	Mar. 5, 1864	————
Puisné Judges
Hon. J.R. Rolland (M.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Jan. 26, 1855
Hon. Phi. Panet (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Died Jan. 15, 1855
Hon. T.C. Aylwin (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	————
Hon. J.F.J. Duval (Q.)	Jan. 27, 1855	Mar. 4, 1864
Hon. R.E. Caron (Q.)	Jan. 27, 1855	————
Hon. W.C. Meredith (M.)	Mar. 12, 1859	————
Hon. W. Badgley, Asst. Judge (M.)	Sept. 12, 1863	Dec. 31, 1864
Hon. L.T. Drummond, Puisné Judge (M.)	Mar. 5, 1864	————
Hon. C.J.E. Mondelet, Asst. Judge (M.)	Jan. 1, 1865	————
SUPERIOR COURT, LOWER CANADA
From 1850 to 1865 Inclusive
Judges.	From	To
Hon. Edw. Bowen, Chief Justice (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Died Apr. 11, 1866
Hon. D. Mondelet, Pusiné Judge (M.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Died in 1863
Hon. C.D. Day, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Sept. 30, 1862
Hon. Jas. Smith, Puisné Judge (?)	Jan. 1, 1850	————
Hon. Geo. Vanfelson, Puisné Judge (?)	Jan. 1, 1850	Jan. 26, 1856
Hon. R.H. Gairdner, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1850	Sept. 30, 1852
Hon. E. Bacquet, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1852	Died in 1853
Hon. C.J.E. Mondelet, Puisné Judge (M.)	Jan. 1, 1852	Dec. 31, 1864
Hon. J.F. Duval, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Jan. 1, 1852	Jan. 26, 1855
Hon. W. C Meredith, Puisné Judge (M.)	Jan. 1, 1852	Mar. 11, 1859
Hon. E. Short, Puisné Judge (?)	Nov. 12, 1852	————
R.E. Caron, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Aug. 15, 1853	Jan. 26, 1855
Hon. A.N. Marin, Puisné Judge (M.)	Jan. 27, 1855	Died July 27, 1865
Hon. W. Badgley, Puisné Judge (M.)	Jan. 27, 1855	Sept. 11, 1863
Hon. J. Chabot, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Sept. 20, 1856	Died in 1860
Hon. Hyp. Guy, Puisné Judge (M.)	Nov. 25, 1857	Apr. 16, 1860
Hon. J.S. McCord, Puisné Judge (M.)	Nov. 25, 1857	Mar. —, 1865
Hon. W.K. McCord, Puisné Judge (M.)	Nov. 25, 1857	——, 1858
Hon. W. Power, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Nov. 25, 1857	Died in 1860
Hon. J.C. Bruneau, Puisné Judge	Nov. 25, 1857	Sept. 4, 1863
Hon. J.T. Taschereau, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Nov. 25, 1857	————
Hon. D. Roy, Puisné Judge	Nov. 25, 1857	————
Hon. P. Winter, Puisné Judge	Mar. 29, 1858	————
Hon. J.T. Taschereau, Asst. Judge (Q.)	Nov. 2, 1858	May 2, 1859
Hon. J.T. Taschereau	June 6, 1860	Aug. —, 1865
Hon. J.T. Taschereau, Puisné Judge (Q.)	Aug. , 1865	————
Hon. A. Stuart, Asst. Judge (Q.)	Feb. 10, 1859	June 6, 1860
Hon. A. Stuart, Puisné Judge	June 6, 1860	————
Hon. J.A. Berthelot, Asst. Judge (M.)	Feb. 10, 1859	Dec. 31, 1864
Hon. J.A. Berthelot, Puisné Judge	Jan. 1, 1865	————
Hon. J.G. Thompson, Puisné Judge (G.)	May 11, 1859	————
Hon. A. Lafontaine, Puisné Judge	May 11, 1859	————
Hon. S.C. Monk, Asst. Judge (M.)	June 4, 1859	————
Hon. A. Polette, Puisné Judge (T.-R.)	Apr. 21, 1860	————
Hon. F.O. Gauthier, Puisné Judge (?)	Nov. 14, 1860	————
Hon. T.J.J. Loranger, Puisné Judge (M.)	Feb. 28, 1863	————
Hon. L.V. Sicotte, Puisné Judge (M.?)	Sept. 5, 1863	————
Hon. C.J. Laberge, Puisné Judge (M.)	Sept. 18, 1863	July 2, 1864
Hon. F.G. Johnson, Puisné Judge (M.)	June 1, 1865	————
Deputy Judges, Superior Court.
J.B. Parkin (M.?)	Dec. 22, 1854	May 11, 1855
Chas. Panet (Q.)	May 16, 1855	July 6, 1855
J.J.C. Abbott (M.)	May 19, 1855	Aug. 25, 1855
Assistant Judges Under Seigniorial Act.
H. Driscoll (?)	Sept. 3, 1855
G.O. Stuart (Q.)	Sept. 3, 1855
F.O. Gauthier (?)	Sept. 3, 1855
J.T. Taschereau (Q.)	Sept. 3, 1855
J.B. Parkin (M.)	Sept. 3, 1855
S.C. Monk (M.)	Sept. 14, 1855
J.F. Pelletier (Q.)	Sept. 14, 1855
J.A. Berthelot (M.)	Sept. 14, 1855
COURT OF VICE-ADMIRALTY (QUEBEC)
From 1841 to 1865
Hon. H. Black	Feb. 10, 1841
THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH FOR THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
From 1867 to 1895 Inclusive
Chief Justices of the Queen’s Bench.
Name.	From	To
Hon. Jean François Joseph Duval (Q.)	Mar. 4, 1864	May 31, 1874
(Retired June 1, 1874; died May 6, 1881.)
Hon. Sir Antoine Aimé Dorion, Kt. (M.)	June 1, 1874	May 31, 1891
(Knighted, 1877; died May 31, 1891.)
Hon. Sir Alexandre Lacoste, Kt. (M.)	Sept. 14, 1891	————
(Knighted June 15, 1892.)
Puisné Judges of the Queen’s Bench.
Name.	From	To
Hon. Thomas Cushing Aylwin (Q.)	Dec. 24, 1849	Aug. 24, 1868
(Retired Aug. 25, 1868; died Oct. 14, 1871.)
Hon. Réné Edouard Caron (Q.)	Jan. 27, 1855	Feb. 16, 1873

Mr. Justice Caron assumed the office of Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, February 17, 1873.

Mr. Justice Mondelet, who was a Puisné Judge of the Superior Court, acted as Assistant Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench for and during the time that Mr. Justice Caron continued to be a Commissioner for the codification of the laws of Lower Canada relative to civil matters and procedure.

Hon. Charles Joseph Elzéar Mondelet,
Asst. Judge (M.)	May 30, 1859	Dec. 31, 1869
Hon. Louis Thomas Drummond (M.)	Mar. 4, 1864	Oct. 31, 1873
(Retired Nov. 1, 1873; died Nov. 24, 1882.)
Hon. Wm. Badgley (M.)	Aug. 17, 1866	Mar. 1, 1874
(Retired Mar. 2, 1874; died Dec. 24, 1888.)
Hon. Samuel Cornwallis Monk (M.)	Aug. 27, 1868	Sept. 19, 1888
(Retired Sept. 20, 1888; died Oct. 29, 1888.)
Hon. Jean Thomas Taschereau (Q.)	Feb. 11, 1873	Oct. 7, 1875
Appointed Puisné Judge of the Supreme
Court of Canada.	Oct. 8, 1875
Hon. Thomas Kennedy Ramsay (M.)	Oct. 30, 1873	Dec. 22, 1886
(Died Dec. 22, 1886.)
Hon. John Sewell Sanborn (?)	Mar. 6, 1874	July 17, 1877
(Died July 17, 1877.)
Hon. Ulric Joseph Tessier (Q.?)	Oct. 8, 1875	Sept. 11, 1891
(Retired Sept. 12, 1891; died Apr. 7, 1892.)
Hon. Alexander Cross (M.)	Aug. 30, 1877	Oct. 3, 1892
(Retired Oct. 4, 1892; died Oct. 17, 1895.)
Hon. Louis François Geo. Baby (M.)	Apr. 29, 1881	————
Hon. Levi Ruggles Church (M.)	Jan. 25, 1887	Jan. 6, 1892
(Retired Jan. 7, 1892; died Aug. 30, 1892.)
Hon, Joseph Guillaume Bossé (Q.)	Sept. 25, 1888	————
Hon. Jean Blanchet (Q.)	Sept. 19, 1891	————
Hon. Robert Newton Hall (M.)	Jan. 11, 1892	————
Hon. Jonathan S. Campbell Wurtele (M.)	Oct. 12, 1 892	————

THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF MONTREAL

From 1867 to 1870, four Judges of the Superior Court had to reside in the city of Montreal (C.S.L.C., Chap. 78, 1860); 1870 to 1872, five Judges (33 Vict. Q., Chap. 10); 1872 to 1882, six Judges (35 Vict. Q., Chap. 6, and 36 Vict., Chap. 10); 1882 to 1883, seven Judges (43-44 Vict. Q., Chap. 5); 1883 to 1887, eight Judges (46 Vict. Q., Chap. 13); 1887 to 1895, eleven Judges, including the Judge to whom the district of Terrebonne is assigned (49-50 Vict. Q., Chap. 7, 50 Vict. Q., Chap. 11, and 52 Vict. Q., Chap. 27).

Judges.	From	To
Hon. James Smith	Dec. 24, 1849	Aug. 24, 1868
(Retired Aug. 25, 1868; died Nov. 29, 1868.)
Hon. Chas. Jos. Elzéar Mondelet	Dec. 24, 1849	Dec. 31, 1876
He was Assistant Judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench from May30, 1859, to December 31, 1869, during the time Mr. Justice R.E.Caron continued to be a Commissioner for the codification of thelaws of Lower Canada relative to civil matters and procedure; hedied December 31, 1876.
Hon. Joseph Amable Berthelot	Nov. 30, 1860	Aug. 31, 1876
(Retired Sept. 1, 1876.)
Hon. Francis Godschall Johnson	July 18, 1865	Dec. 9, 1889
He was Recorder of the Province of Manitoba from September 3, 1870, to June 1, 1872; appointed Chief Justice December 10, 1889.
Hon. Samuel Cornwallis Monk	Aug. 17, 1866	Aug. 26, 1868
Appointed Puisné Judge, Court of Queens Bench August 27, 1868.
Hon. Robert Mackay	Aug. 27, 1868	Oct. 31, 1882
(Retired Nov. 1, 1882; died Feb. 23, 1888.)
Hon. Fred Wm. Torrance	Aug. 27, 1868	Jan. 2, 1887
(Died Jan. 2, 1887.)
Hon. Jos. Ubalde Baudry, Asst. Judge during the absence of Mr. Justice Mackay	Dec. 5, 1868	June 30, 1869
(Died Jan. 12, 1876.)
Hon. Jos. Ubalde Baudry, Puisné Judge	Dec. 22, 1869	Jan. 12, 1876
Hon. Henri Félix Rainville	Feb. 3, 1876	Apr. 11, 1886
(Retired Apr. 12, 1886; died Feb. 7, 1891.)
Hon. Auguste Cyrille Papineau	Sept. 1, 1876	May 6, 1889
(Retired May 17, 1889.)
Hon. Vinceslas P. Wilfrid Dorion	Jan. 26, 1877	June 2, 1878
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Quebec; died June 2, 1878.)
Hon. Louis Amable Jetté	Sept. 2, 1878	————
Hon. Louis Onésime Loranger	Aug. 5, 1882	————
Hon. Marcus Doherty	Nov. 2, 1882	Oct. 14, 1891
(Transferred from Judicial District St. Francis; retired Oct. 15, 1891.)
Hon. Mathieu	June 23, 1883	————
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Joliette.)
Hon. Chas. Ignace Gill	Apr. 12, 1886	————
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Richelieu.)
Hon. Chas. Peer Davidson	June 10, 1887	————
Hon. Henri Thomas Taschereau	Dec. 1, 1887	————
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Joliette and assigned the Judicial District of Terrebonne.)
Hon. Jonathan Saxton Campbell Wurtele	Sept. 20, 1888	Oct. 11, 1892
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Ottawa; appointed Puisné Judge, Court of Queen’s Bench, Oct. 12, 1892.)
Hon. Siméon Pagneulo	June 5, 1889	————
Hon. Melbourne McTaggart Tait	July 5, 1889	————
(Transferred from the Judicial District of Bedford; appointed to perform the duties of Chief Justice in the District of Montreal, Oct. 27, 1894.)
Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty	Oct. 19, 1891	————
Hon. John Sprott Archibald	Nov. 22, 1893	————
Hon. John Joseph Curran	Oct. 18, 1895	————