Abbreviations used
Date September 21 1839
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.
Inquest held Monday last before Dr. W. Bayard, Coroner on the body of William LITTLE, a sailor on board ship "Mersey" who had fallen from the forecastle into the hold and fractured his skull. Verdict: casual death.