Hastings County Court House, Cornerstone 1838
- CA ON00156 TR/1538
- File
- 1838
File contains copies of a memento placed in the cornerstone of the Belleville Court House in 1838.
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Hastings County Court House, Cornerstone 1838
File contains copies of a memento placed in the cornerstone of the Belleville Court House in 1838.
Hastings County Court Records catalogue 1850
File contains an inventory list of court records from Victoria District (1840-1850) and Hastings County (1850-19?).
Hastings County Debtors' Meat Bill 1858
File contains a “Debtors Meat Bill” from Robert Pitt, a butcher. This was an invoice for the meat purchased for the County Jail.
Hastings County Document with seal 1852
File contains a document, “Commission of The Peace of the County of Hastings” with the Royal Seal from 1852.
Hastings County From George Benjamin re: Administration of Justice letter 1858
File contains a letter from George Benjamin and a motion made at a Hastings County Council meeting in 1858 regarding the Administration of Justice.
Hastings County Jail – report of grand jury 1862
File contains letters and report about a grand jury investigation into the conditions of the addition made to the County Jail in Belleville.
Hastings County Jail 1860; Decision to appoint turnkey & applications
File contains letters regarding the decision to appointment a Turnkey for the County Jail (Gaol) in Belleville.
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”.
File contains motions from the Hastings County Council, correspondence, and expense reports from 1865 regarding repairs to the jail.
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.
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.
File contains financial records from the County jail from 1868, a report by an inspector of the jail, and a report by a Special Committee formed after the previous report stated the jail was in “a filthy state”.
File contains financial records from the Hastings County Court House and Jail from 1870.
File contains financial records from the Hastings County Court House and Jail from 1871.
Hastings County Jail Accounts Etc. re: Aylwards
File contains County of Hastings financial records from 1862 regarding Aylwards Children.
Hastings County Jail Debtor Meat Bill 'Welfare' 1859
File contains a “Debtors Meat Bill” from 1859; an invoice for the meat purchased for the County Jail.
Hastings County Jail Expenses 1855
File contains documents with expenses the County Jail (Gaol) in Belleville from 1854-1856.
Hastings County Jail; New Governor 1961 Thomas Cook
File contains a newspaper clipping about the appointment of Thomas Cook as the new Governor for the Hastings County Jail in 1961.
Hastings County Jail Report of Zenos Dafoe 1862 re Lunatic
File contains a letter about Francis Eves, a “lunatic” confined in the Hastings County Jail and provisions required to better care for her.
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.