HomeMy WebLinkAbout570"Article and illustration taken from Toronto Illustrated: From Trading Post to Great City c.
1939.
THE EXECUTION OF LOUNT AND MATTHEWS, APRIL 12, 1838
Walls over a yard thick, the front elevation of the original building, two of the old cells
adjoining the guard room in the basement, and the gallows’ yard in which Lount and
Matthews were hanged-these relics of a century ago are still to be seen in modern Toronto,
for the city’s second jail is incorporated in the York Chambers, Toronto Street.
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