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Introduction
 

The Courts at Work
    

	The Civil Defendant (future)
	Coutume de Paris
	The Criminal Defendant
	Drunkenness, Gambling and Prostitution
	The Judicial Auction at Louisbourg
	Law, Order and Street Life
	Military Arrest and Imprisonment
	Military Crimes and their Prescribed Punishments
	Military Punishments ~ Details
	Ordinances against Games of Chance
	The Swiss Karrer Regiment within the French Justice System
	Tribunaux et lois de Louisbourg (future)
	Classification of the Justice System: Today's French Provincial Archives

The Four Courts in Louisbourg (1744)

Bailliage (Bailiff)	The lower court (established 1734) which first heard all civil and criminal cases (thefts, slander, property disputes, murders, etc.)
Conseil Supérieur (Superior Council)	The higher court which heard all appeals, for a final judgment. Until 1734, with the establishment of the Bailliage, it also served as a lower court for civil and criminal cases.
Amirauté (Admiralty Court)	It dealt exclusively with maritime matters (fishing and trading regulations, passports, sale and purchase of vessels, etc.). Appeals were heard by the Conseil Supérieur.
Conseil de Guerre	It dealt exclusively with military justice.