City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ttheir crimes were of a different nature, andhumane sentiment is not shocked by theapplication of the lash to those found guiltyof specific offences against the person. Inillustration of the primitive methods of thesedays, it is said that Mr. Clarke Gamble, Q. C, District; James Hamilton, of Sterling, beingappointed his successor, July 12, 1837. _ When the second court house at Vittoriawas burned, and the court removed to London,Judge Mitchell was the District Judge. Hewas not a lawyer, but it is said that duringthe qu
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ttheir crimes were of a different nature, andhumane sentiment is not shocked by theapplication of the lash to those found guiltyof specific offences against the person. Inillustration of the primitive methods of thesedays, it is said that Mr. Clarke Gamble, Q. C, District; James Hamilton, of Sterling, beingappointed his successor, July 12, 1837. _ When the second court house at Vittoriawas burned, and the court removed to London,Judge Mitchell was the District Judge. Hewas not a lawyer, but it is said that duringthe quarter of a century that he occupied thebench but three of his decisions were appealedfrom. His salary was £40, but at the close ofhis term he was presented with twenty-fiveacres of land in London, which he sold for$800. While the district court house was stillat Vittoria, there were several points at whichmagistrates court houses were such was presided over in 1825 by SquiresSpringer and IngersoU, at the spot known topresent-day readers as Springbank. In the. VIEW, LOOKING NORTH FROM EASTERN FIRE HALL NO. 2. Toronto, father of Mrs. I. F. Hellmuth, of thiscity, acted as clerk of the court at an assizein 1828. Mr. Gamble is still living in To-ronto, aged 92 years. After one of the caseshad been tried the jury were sent out incharge of a constable to some safe time afterwards one of the counselin the case rushed up to the judge, saying: My Lord, the jury sent out on my clientscase are sitting on the logs outside, withpeople around them. Look out of the windowand see for yourself. The judge replied,Well, if you can find a safer place for them,let me know, and proceeded with the courtsbusiness. In 1827 the first court of quartersessions was held, presided over by Col. JosephRyerson, the first sheriff of the old London early days the most common cause of imprison-ment was for debt, and under the law as it thenstood, an impecunious debtor was practicallyat the
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