Abbreviations used
Date November 14 1855
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning News
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.
We learn from Halifax Chronicle that Monday at Preston, John ROGERS age 11 and William LEE age 14 were returning from school when a dispute arose from some trifling circumstance upon which ROGERS, a mulatto, stabbed LEE in the left breast which penetrated the heart and caused instant death. A verdict of manslaughter was brought against the murderer who was brought to Halifax.