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Hastings County Jail 1863

File contains County of Hastings financial records from the County Gaol (Jail) in 1863. There is also a letter from a Grand Jury inspection regarding the condition of the jail and treatment the jailers receive; there is a recommendation that employment for prisoners while in jail should be available because it is believed “keeping them there in a state of idleness has no good effect in preventing crime”.

Hastings County Jail 1866

File contains financial records regarding the construction of a new Court House and jail from 1866. Is also a letter from 1866 discussing the care of Miranda Myers at the jail and a document from the Department of Public Instructions for Upper Canada regarding their cooperation with Hastings County to build a library in the jail.

Hastings County Jail 1867

File contains various expense reports the County jail, including the cost of carrying for a “criminal lunatic” in custody and various letters regarding miscellaneous topics, including: the Police Magistrate discussing an act passed by the Policement of Canada in 1864 that increased the jurisdiction of the Police Magistrate, a letter discussing the water closets in the Court House, a Grand Jury report, etc.

Hastings County Jail, 1855

File contains manuscript petition of Norris Terry, a prisoner, to the Warden and County Council of Hastings, pleading for warm clothing and boots during his incarceration. Also contains a manuscript petition from Zenas[?} Dafoe, County gaoler, to the Warden and Council for an increase in salary, and a manuscript receipt for services rendered by Drs. Lister and Henry for examining a pauper for lunacy.

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