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− | Last Friday Paul came down the river and told me and some other men that he had found a body in the Fraser River above here. We went up and saw the body | + | Last Friday Paul came down the river and told me and some other men that he had found a body in the Fraser River above here. We went up and saw the body and found it to be that of a Chinaman. We took it on shore. I did not know the Chinaman. I had heard that a Chinaman had been upset from a canoe some distance above Popcum. I know the Chinaman but I did not know his name. The Chinaman had been upset one week and three days before the body was found. |
Sam | Sam | ||
His mark X | His mark X | ||
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Taken upon oath and acknowledged before me this 2nd say of September 1875. | Taken upon oath and acknowledged before me this 2nd say of September 1875. | ||
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C. N. Trew | C. N. Trew | ||
Coroner | Coroner | ||
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+ | BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 1 File 6 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia. |
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Sam an Indian being sworn states
Last Friday Paul came down the river and told me and some other men that he had found a body in the Fraser River above here. We went up and saw the body and found it to be that of a Chinaman. We took it on shore. I did not know the Chinaman. I had heard that a Chinaman had been upset from a canoe some distance above Popcum. I know the Chinaman but I did not know his name. The Chinaman had been upset one week and three days before the body was found.
Sam His mark X
Taken upon oath and acknowledged before me this 2nd say of September 1875.
C. N. Trew Coroner
BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 1 File 6 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.