Abbreviations used
Date January 10 1852
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.
An inquest was held 2nd inst., at Mispeck (St. John) before Dr. Bayard, Esq. Coroner on view of the body of John MASON. Verdict - That the deceased hanged himself during a state of temporary insanity. The deceased was an elderly man and has left a wife.