Change: In the 1840s, large numbers of peasant farmers fled Famine Ireland for British North America. Many joined the sizeable Protestant and Catholic Irish communities in   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 5310)

Change:  (St. John) managed to effect his escape from the Penitentiary, where he has since been confined, on Monday eve. (see Above Murder Story well written on original)this sitehttp://www.unbsj.ca/arts/hist/gregmarquis/cph/pdf/c2.pdf   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 5005)

Change: Slavin - The order for commutation into imprisonment for life has been received by the Judge who tried him. On Monday last he was removed from the jail to the Provincial Penitentiary. ( Located Bayside Drive, saint John)Date September 21 1871 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 4843)

Change: Patrick Slavin who 14 years ago, at age 16., was convicted with his father and a man named BREEN of the wilful murder of the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 4725)

Change:  his father and another namesnamed BREEN participated some 13 years since, and which brought the father to the gallows, BREEnBreen to the suicide's end and Patrick Slavin to the Penitentiary for life, is still fresh in the minds of most citizens. (see original)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 4465)

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Change: There was much excitement in the city yesterday, in consequence of a confession having been made by young Slavin in Penitentiary, touching the cause of   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3129)

Change: Robbery, Arson and Murder: Early on Monday last, the city (Saint John) was thrown into a state of excitement by the report brought in that   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 2781)

Change: St. John, Dec. 5 - Between six and seven o'clock tonight fire declared itself in the barn owned by Robert LAWTON, farmer, on Beaver Lake   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1342)

Change: Date January 8 1881 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper The Morning Freeman Peter O'HARE was the name of the young man who was found frozen to death at Beaver Lake on Friday morn. of last week. He used to live near the Loch Lomond Road (St. original)John)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 382)