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tisans, happened to be present, Kholer vented his spleen 

 against him, and roundly asserted that he was actuated by par- 

 tiality in the decision he made in his cause, and, that he 

 was not so good nor so just a man as he ought to be. This of 

 course soon found its way to the vice-president's ears, who 

 immediately issued a writ for apprehending and confining 

 him in jail, where he was kept a close prisoner for six months, 

 without being brought to trial ; and it was not until the British 

 took possession of the colony in September, 1803, that by 

 petitioning the lieutenant governor, he had an opportunity of 

 appearing before his judge; for La Maison was obliged to be 

 retained in office* until the arrival of his Excellency, Anthony 

 Beaujon, who was sent out from England, and wisely placed a 

 second time, as governor of the colonies. Poor Kholer had not 

 yet felt all the power of the vice-president, for when before 

 the bar, he beheld in the person of the judge, his prose- 

 cutor, through whose machinations he was deprived of the 

 benefit of his counsel, who was not allowed to plead, though 

 he had been the only one hardy enough to undertake the 



* Extract of article first of the capitulatwn.-^The constituted authorities, 

 and public offices, whether in the civil law, or church establishment, as well 

 as the members of the respective courts, except the governor general, shall 

 be retained in their respective offices and situations, until his Majesty's 

 pleasure shall be known. 



Answer by the commanders of his Majesty's' forces, granted. 



