Abbreviations used
Date October 15 1836
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Inquest! Tuesday last,before Robert Rankin and Robert Payne Esquires, in the absence of the Coroner on the body of William PATTERSON Verdict: came to death in consequence of several bruises received on the head, by accidently falling over the precipice on the eve. 10th inst.