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Condemnation for the Illicit Trade of Brandy

Excerpt from a handwritten archival document from 1667 describing the decision to condemn several inhabitants and Amerindians including Jean Lemoyne and Michel Gamelin to a 50 livres penalty one month of imprisonment of which the last 15 days include being exposed on a wooden horse an hour a day for alcohol trading.

Judgment condemning a fine of 50 pounds, one month in prison and being exposed for the last 15 days on the wooden horse one hour a day, several inhabitants and savages (Nicolas Gastineau (Gatineau), sieur Duplessis, Jean Lemoyne, Michel Gamelin, Barthelemi Bertrault, Jean Moufflet dit Champagne, Jean Bonneau dit la Grave, Jean-Baptiste et Nicolas Crevier, brothers, Lachaise, Benjamin Anseau, François Faffard (Fafard), Fouesy (Foisy) et Jean Ricard, Misabé, Victor, etc.), accused of having contravened the ordinance of January 5, 1667, relating to the prohibition of the trade in alcoholic beverages to savages (Amerindians), textual archive, June 20, 1667.

Source : Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec

Since alcohol trade with members of First Nations is forbidden, several inhabitants, including Michel Gamelain and Jean Lemoyne, were sentenced to pay a 50 livres fine and to be exposed in public for an hour a day on a wooden horse for a period of 15 days.