La Corriveau was arrested as the perpetrator of
the atrocious deed.
A special court of justice was convened in the great hall of the
Convent of the Ursulines, which, in the ruinous state of the city
after the siege and bombardment, had been taken for the headquarters
of General Murray. Mere Migeon and Mere Esther, who both survived
the conquest, had effected a prudent arrangement with the English
general, and saved the Convent from all further encroachment by
placing it under his special protection.
La Corriveau was tried with all the fairness, if not with all the
forms, of English law. She made a subtle and embarrassing defence,
but was at last fairly convicted of the cruel murder of her husband.
She was sentenced to be hung, and gibbetted in an iron cage, upon
the hill of Levis, in sight of the whole city of Quebec.
La Corriveau made frantic efforts during her imprisonment to engage
Angelique to intercede in her behalf; but Angelique's appeals were
fruitless before the stern administrators of English law. Moreover,
Angelique, to be true to herself, was false to her wicked
confederate.
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