George Alfred Beckett
The singer left Newfoundland for the coal fields of Cape Breton. There, he murdered a taxi-driver and fled for Newfoundland. He was apprehended, tried and sentenced to die. He thanks the clergymen and lawyers who attempted to mediate for him, and says farewell to his family. He warns other men not t...
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1990
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Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/munfla_list/id/1590 |
Summary: | The singer left Newfoundland for the coal fields of Cape Breton. There, he murdered a taxi-driver and fled for Newfoundland. He was apprehended, tried and sentenced to die. He thanks the clergymen and lawyers who attempted to mediate for him, and says farewell to his family. He warns other men not to commit murder. cf. Lehr, 1985: 71-72. |
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