Petition #11381302

Abstract

Walter Pool, acting constable for Fairfield District, seeks compensation for four men who guarded a slave convicted of murder. Pool asserts that said men "performed the duties of guard for the Space of twelve days." Noting "that there is no law by which provision is made to compensate services of such a discription," the petitioner "thinks [it] proper to make this application to your honorable body."

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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