GENERAL ORDER

» The Court Martial, whereof lieutenant colonel Morris was president, » having tried Joseph Corriveau and Marie Josephte Corriveau, Cana- » dians, for the murder of Louis Dodier, as also Isabelle Sylvain, a Ca- » nadian, for perjury on the same trial. The Governor doth ratify and » confirm the following sentence : That Joseph Corriveau having been

» found guilty of the charge brought against him. he is therefore adjud- » ged to be hung for the same.

» The Court is likewise of opinion that Marie Josephte Corriveau, his » daughter and widow of the late Dodier, is guilty of knowing of the said » murder, and doth therefore adjudge her to receive sixty lashes, with a » cat o’nine tails on her bare back, at three different places, viz : under the » gallows, upon the market place of Quebec and in the parish of St Va- » lier ; twenty lashes at each place, and to be branded in the left hand with » the letter M.

» The Court doth also adjuge Isabelle Sylvain to receive sixty lashes » with a cat o’nine tails on her bare back, in the same manner and at » the same time and places as Marie Josephte Corriveau, and to be branded » in the left hand with the letter P. »

« Québec , 15 avril 1763.