Ah Sigh
As part of the Chinese Historical Wrongs Legacy Initiative, we’ve digitized a small selection of inquests and inquiries from 1872 to 1934, found in series GR-0431. These were chosen to reflect the experiences of early Chinese immigrants to B.C. – their living and working conditions, and their unfortunate accidental or unusual deaths. They range from a woman working in a brothel in Barkerville who died of natural causes to three sawmill workers who died from malnutrition. Learn more.
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2nd witness James Crosson having been duly sworn, states that, I am Allan Stephenson’s partner & was in the stall with him on the morning of the 23th July when the Chinaman Ah Sigh came & took the box. Allan Stephenson’s statement has been read to me and I swear to the truth of the same. I also assisted to carry the body of the Chinaman to the surface.
James Crosson
Taken before me at Chase River this 3rd day of August 1877
Warner R Spalding Coroner
BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 2 File 1 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.
BC Archives, GR-0431 Box 2 File 1 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Inquisitions / inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.