Powell William Dummer 1755-1834 Born In Boston Called To The Bar
1779. Came to Montreal, and made judge of the district of Hesse with
headquarters at Detroit, 1789. Promoted to chief-justiceship, 1815.
Retired from the bench, 1825. =Index=: (John Graves Simcoe era) Judge of Common Pleas in
Upper Canada, 178. (General Brock era) On Brock's victory at Detroit, 262. (William Lyon Mackenzie era) Tries
and banishes Robert Gourlay, 92. =Bib.=: Read, Lives of the Judges.