Nova Scotia Archives
African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning
Petition of Samuel Sheldon Pool of Shelburne
Samuel Sheldon Pool, asking for compensation for attending a special court of Oyer and Terminer at Shelburne for the trial of Samuel Andrews and others for the supposed murder of a Black girl. He was theres at the time when his domestic concerns demanded his attention. This was positively recommended by the Lieutenant Governor and he was compensated £7. 10. 0.
Date: 14 July 1804
Reference Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 series A volume 11 number 52
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