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Murder near
Dundraw
COUNTRY NEWS.
Aug. 25. A man named James Hood was tried at the
Cumberland assizes for the murder of Margaret Smith
of Longburn, and Jane Pattinson her sister. - He had applied
for work, as a weaver, at the house of Smith; and, after
being some time there, took the opportunity, during the
absence of Smith, to murder the two women, and rob the house
of some money. He was traced to Scotland, where he was
apprehended, and confessed the crime. He was sentenced to
death, and executed this day.
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