Abbreviations used
Date May 26 1871
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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.
The Prosecution of Norman HECTOR for abuse of Annie LOCKHART near Indiantown (St. John) Witnesses: Samuel LASKEY, Policeman; Anne McLEOD - I live beyond Indiantown bridge on McCoskery's Road; Hannah ALLINGHAM, age 11 - I am a daughter of Mrs. McLEOD; Jane CUNARD - I teach school in Indiantown; Mary Elizabeth KELLY, age 7; Mary KELLY - I am the mother of the witness.; Annie LOCKHART - ... I saw my sister Maggie KELLY ; Freeman WOODMAN - I am one of the proprietors of Pokiok mills; Ann Jane LOCKHART - I am the mother of the girl; Dr. Wm CHRISTIE; Frank ARMSTRONG - ... my brother Geo. ARMSTRONG..; Robert SULLIVAN, Policeman. (Witnesses for the Defence): Wm HECTOR - cousin to the prisoner; George TAPLEY (see original)