Décédé à la suite d'un cambriolage

Les registres de l'Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church de Québec pour le 25 octobre 1824 font état de l'acte de sépulture suivant :

«Robinson Buried

Henry Robinson Coroner warrant who on the twenty fourth day of October died in the Emigrant Hospital in the suburbs of Quebec in consequence of a mortal injury of he dorsal spine received on the tenth of September last, in attempting to break into the dwelling House of the Honble William Smith, in St Louis street, in the City of Quebec, and was buried on the twenty fifth of October, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
By me EH ? deacon
Present James Linsey unable to write John Rickaly sexton».

Noter la période de six semaines entre la date de l'accident et celle du décès.


[Summary :
The church record for the burying of a man in Québec, Québec.]