French shore

french a . . . there is no law whatever on the French shore. That country is inhabited by refugees from other parts of the island, and emigrants from Cape Breton or Prince Edward's Island, and from Nova Scotia and other portions of the mainland. These people, many of whom had urgent private rea...

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Summary:french a . . . there is no law whatever on the French shore. That country is inhabited by refugees from other parts of the island, and emigrants from Cape Breton or Prince Edward's Island, and from Nova Scotia and other portions of the mainland. These people, many of whom had urgent private reasons for thinking a change of domicile desirable, have squatted on the land and appropriated it - stolen it, in fact, from the Crown. See cited quotation PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit WK - Nov. 26/69 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used