Another murder report extracted from The Brisbane Courier, Friday 31 October 1873.

FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY NEAR GLOUCESTER.

A FEARFUL tragedy has occurred at Newnham, in the Forest of Dean. A young farmer named Edward Butt murdered a young lady by shooting her, because she had of late rejected his addresses...

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Cheers,

Don Cameron.