Cumberland County NJ Archives News.....Perry, Jeremiah - Self-defense October 8, 1859
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West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: October 08, 1859 October 8, 1859
HOMICIDE.
Last Wednesday afternoon, as Mr. Jeremiah Perry was threshing out some wheat
for Mr. R. B. Fithian, a well known character by the name of Jacob Lackey, while
interfering with the machinery, was told by Mr. Perry to get out of the way, when he
became vicious, and rushed at Mr. Perry with a pitch fork, asserting at the same
time that he would kill him; whereupon Mr. Perry took a piece of scantling and
struck him three times; the last blow on the temple, resulting in his death in about
two hours after. Coroner Carter of Bridgeton, upon being notified of the fact, after
summoning a jury, went out and held an inquest. The substance of the verdict
rendered was, that the deceased came to his death by blows indicted by Jeremiah
Perry, in self-defense. The deceased was an old offender, being the same one who
attempted to burn the County House some time since.

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