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Circuit records at Annapolis Royal
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4.68 m of textual records
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In 1774, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's circuit system was established by an act of the legislature. In this system, judges travelled to outlying areas to hold court. By 1834, the initial requirement to have cases heard in the presence of two or more judges was removed and a single judge hearing cases on circuit was invested with the full powers and jurisdiction of the court in Halifax. Annapolis was one of three initial supreme court circuit sites established in 1774. In 1793 a court house and gaol were built at Annapolis Royal. By 1800 court sittings were divided between Digby and Annapolis, an arrrangement that continued until Digby became a separate county in 1837. From 1869 to 1923, when fire struck in Bridgetown, Supreme Court sessions in Annapolis County alternated between sitting in Bridgetown and Annapolis Royal.
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Series forms part of Supreme Court on county circuit sous-fonds and consists of offical record books and case files of the court sitting at Annapolis Royal.
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Formerly described as Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Annapolis County fonds.