Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

27 January 1824

Petition of the Grand Jury of the County of Halifax concerning the establishment of a Tread-mill at Bridewell, House of Correction, in order to 'be the means of defraying a great part of the expense but materially to lessen the progress of Crime within the province by exciting a dread in the minds of the convicts.'

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series P volume 2 number 47