Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....Killing Of Terence H. McDonald 1882
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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

   KILLING OF TERENCE H. McDONALD.—It appears that on June 11,1856, Rafael, an
Indian, and Isabel, an Indian squaw, stabbed Terence H. McDonald on the right
side of the neck, from which he died instantly, the deed being committed in his
own dwelling. September 5, 1856, they were convicted of manslaughter, the man
sentenced to ten years and the woman to eighteen months' imprisonment in the
State Prison. There was also an accomplice, who was discharged.

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HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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