George Alfred Beckett [Lehr]
George Alfred Beckett, a native of Perlican, Newfoundland, goes to work in the coal fields of Cape Breton, to Glace Bay. However, while there, he murders a taxi driver, Nicholas Marthos, and flees back to Newfoundland. The police persue him, eventually bringing him back to Cape Breton for trial. He...
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1993
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1576 |
| Summary: | George Alfred Beckett, a native of Perlican, Newfoundland, goes to work in the coal fields of Cape Breton, to Glace Bay. However, while there, he murders a taxi driver, Nicholas Marthos, and flees back to Newfoundland. The police persue him, eventually bringing him back to Cape Breton for trial. He is convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. Lehr, 71. |
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