louis, bétournay, november, 1825, october, 1879, educated, collège, montréal, lawyer, judge, born, saint, lambert, quebec, died, saint, boniface, manitoba, 1872, bétournay, became, judge, what, newly, proclaimed, province, manitoba, appointment, court, queen, . Louis Betournay November 13 1825 October 30 1879 educated at the College de Montreal was a lawyer and judge who was born in Saint Lambert Quebec and died at Saint Boniface Manitoba 1 In 1872 Betournay became a judge in what was the newly proclaimed province of Manitoba The appointment was to the Court of Queen s Bench making him the first French Canadian to be appointed to a superior court in the west The posting was to Fort Garry where he was soon involved in the legal aftermath of the Red River Rebellion His court ordered the trial of Louis Riel s lieutenant Ambroise Dydime Lepine for the death of Thomas Scott References edit Memorable Manitobans Louis Betournay 1825 1879 Manitoba Historical Society 24 January 2010 Retrieved 23 December 2016 External links editBiography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Manitoba Historical Society Louis Betournay nbsp nbsp nbsp This Canadian biographical article relating to law is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Manitoba related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Betournay amp oldid 1134408539, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
