George Watts

First Name: George
Last Name: Watts
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
ferry
COD Inquest Finding: 

[do say] the said George Watts came to his death . . .by falling out of the flat of Camden Ferry. . . on the evening of Friday, the twenty-second day of November last past while intoxicated

COD Short Description: 
fell from ferry while intoxicated
Original Record: 
2663

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