Report of Solicitor General Alex. Wedderburn, Dec. 6, 1772

Alex. Wedderburn, first Earl of Rosslyn, was Solicitor General in Britain from 1771 to 1778, when he became Attorney General.

Document Summary:
This report discusses the government of Québec, religion, civil and criminal laws and the judiciary needed to enforce laws. Wedderburn makes several judgments and recommendations:

• He calls any potential Assembly a "dangerous experiment."
  
  
• He states that people should be free to exercise the Catholic faith, but that the legal and political powers of the Catholic Church should be curtailed.
  
  
• He recommends that criminal laws of the province be allowed to remain in force.

Wedderburn also includes proposed regulations for government and law enforcement.