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  Researching the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
  Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada

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

1729 - 1730
 

• C11B, Vol. 10, fols. 214-14v., 14 janvier 1729; ibid., fols. 217-18, 20 décembre 1729; ibid., B, Vol. 54-2, fols 498v-99, 20 juin 1730.

In January 1729, St. Ovide wrote that a soldier in De La Vallière's Company had deserted from the garrison at Port Toulouse. His life had been spared through the intercession of the English governor of Acadia, a favour St. Ovide could not refuse because Governor Philipps had granted a similar request in 1724. It would appear, however, that the soldier was still discontented since he attempted to desert again later in 1729. On this occasion he compounded his error by seeking to convince some of his comrades to join him. He was arrested and brought before a Conseil de Guerre. In June 1730, it was reported that the soldier, Barthélémy Faide dit Lavolonté, had been sentenced to be shot. [Source: Margaret Fortier, Fortress Security and Military Justice at Louisbourg, 1720-45, Unpublished Report H E 14 (Fortress of Louisbourg, 1980), pp. 71-72]