30 August 1847

Request for pardon of Samuel Harvison sentenced for assaulting a young girl. Has a wife, two children and his mother to support (pardon granted).

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 148

16 June 1847

Request for pardon of Joseph Countenary given eighteen months for petty theft. Has four people depended on him.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 149

19 December 1847

Letter from A. Carpenter asking for pardon of Joseph Countenary (pardon denied).

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 150

14 Feb 1847

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 1 number 150a

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