Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
Petition by Francis Bouriceau requesting release of Gabriel Meuse from the Provincial Penitentiary. He is sentenced to one year for perjury. Pleading mitigation of 'extreme poverty.' Petition not approved.
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shortening the period of his imprisonment
And as in duty bound Your Memorialists
will ever pray be
Francis Bouriceau
The Lieutenant Governor is
pleased to request the
Report and recommendation
of His Honor Mr. Justice
Bliss on the foregoing petition
Wm H Keating
Deputy Secretary
April 14. 1859
Date: 1859
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 103