Abbreviations used
Date May 27 1864
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer
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 Thursday last before John McNEIL, Esq. one of the coroner's for Queens Co. on view of the body of a person known as Capt. DAWSON or G.B. DAWSON who was found dead in a room in the tavern kept by one Michael WALSH on Queen Square. Verdict: came to his death from the effects of intoxicating drinks producing congestive apoplexy. - P.E.I. Protestant.