Abbreviations used
Date October 24 1883
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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.
A sad case of death from excessive drink came to light in Carleton (St. John). Mrs. John O'BRIEN, a widow, about 70 years of age, who keeps a liquor store on King St. near the corner of Union, was the victim. (see original for testimonies of Mrs. Mary McLEOD and Arthur J. McCARTHY, grandson)