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Date 16 septembre 1848
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal New Brunswick Courier
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
On Sunday afternoon last between the hours of 4 and 5, it was discovered that a murder had been committed in a house in Portland (St. John) known as the Barracks. It appears that William ANDREWS, a labourer, who was in a state of intoxication, struck his wife on the head with his fist knocking her down, and in her fall, her head struck a table which caused her death soon after. A coroner's inquest was summoned on Monday and the Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder.