Colonial justice justice morality and crime in the niagara district 1791 1849 by david murray c 2002 in 1791 when the constitutional act created a legislative assembly for upper canada the colonists and their british rulers decreed that the operating criminal justice system in the area be adopted from england to avoid any undue influence . Colonial justice justice morality and crime in the niagara district 1791 1849 osgoode society for canadian legal history english edition ebook murray david amazonde kindle shop. Colonial justice justice morality and crime in the niagara district 1791 1849 osgoode society for canadian legal history series author david murray edition illustrated reprint publisher. Colonial justice justice morality and crime in the niagara district 1791 1849 by david murray toronto published for the osgoode society for canadian legal history by university of toronto press 2002 pp 320 endowed with a mild climate fertile soil and scenic beauty the niagara district of upper canada in the first half of the nineteenth century was often portrayed as a paradise from the perspective of local elites british laws and. When upper canada was created as a separate colony john graves simcoe its first lieutenant governor had emphasized that piety and morality were the foundation of a lawful society just as christianity was the unquestioned basis of morality within the english system of law that upper canada inherited the handbook of law wc keele compiled in 1835 for the use of the magistrates in upper