Abbreviations used
Date January 7 1863
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.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock on night 1st Jan., Margaret HOWE, a woman of the town, was found dead in her bed in the house of MATTHEWS who keeps one of the most notorious of Sheffield St. dens (St. John) - Freeman