30 November 1847

Request from inhabitants ofRiver Inhabitants for the pardon of Malcolm MacDonald. He assaulted a constable (many signatures).

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 151

4 June 1847

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 151a

1847

Request for pardon of Benjamin Marshall, seaman. Was drunk and exchanged clothes with a Private of the 23rd Regiment.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 152

7 October 1847

Request for the removal of a Private of the 14th Regiment because he is incorrigible.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 153

September 1847

Resignation of Rev. William Wilson as Commissioner of Schools for Cumberland County. He has been transferred to Lunenburg.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 154

12 February 1847

Memorial of Peter Hogan, farmer, Ragged Reefs, Cumberland County, quarries grind stones. Reports that Joseph Reed, J.P., was smuggling.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 155

4 November 1847

Request for pardon of Sarah Crowd, Preston, who has several children to support.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 156

22 February 1848

Petition, residents of River John, requesting that Miles Geldert be made constable (many signatures).

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 159

12 April 1848

Petition of Thomas Pyr for pardon of his mother, Sarah. Jailed for arson. Needs her at home while he farms.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 160

1848

Petition of magistrates and inhabitants of Clare and Weymouth asking that office of Deputy Registrar of Deeds be moved from Weymouth to Digby.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 161

18 March 1848

Request for pardon of Benjamin Turnbull, 16, jailed for non-payment of a fine of œ10. Turnbull is in ill health and cannot eat.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 162

14 March 1848

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 162a

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 162b

29 March 1848

Complaint of Austin Ferguson, Halifax, that Sheriff Wade failed to confine John Amburg who owed money to Ferguson.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 163

15 February 1848

Memorial of John Barron, trader, Halifax, complaining that George Russel, J.P. did nothing to execute writ against John Slaugenwite, Terrence Bay.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 164