Account of a horrid murder, committed by Captain William Corran, of the Brig Falmouth, on the body of Mr. Joseph Porter, his passenger.
Subtitle: With particulars of his trial and execution, at Halifax, July 16-21, 1794.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 26534.
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1794
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Corran, William, -- 1762?-1794.; Porter, Joseph, -- d. 1794.; Murder -- Atlantic Ocean.; Crime -- Atlantic Ocean.; Executions and executioners -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax.
Notes: Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing price in imprint transcription.

Signatures: Aœ́.

The illustration on p. [1] is of five caskets with a heart-shaped design on each, two pistols, a knife and a hatchet, under which lies the corpse of a man. At head of illustration, outside the border, is the word "Murder!"

Evans 26534.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26534)