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John Munroe Case Study

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In 1865, Architect John Munroe built the gallows behind the Sidney Street Courthouse in Saint John New Brunswick. Munroe was noted to have said "I wonder who will be the first poor bastard to swing from this?"
In September of 1869 a few children were picking blueberries along Black River Rd, in saint John New Brunswick. They stumbled upon the bodies of an adult female and infant that had been left in this spot for over a year. No one seemed to know who they might be and police questioned a man by the name of James Kane.
Although their investigation of Kane was dismissed, a coachman by the name of Robert Worden came forward. The man informed them that the previous autumn he had been hired by the architect John Munroe to take him, a woman …show more content…

Cop Killer
In the late afternoon hours of June 24th 2014, 24 year old Jutin Bourque left his trailer park home in Muncton New Brunswick, dressed in camflauge and carrying a rifle and shotgun. He strolled down his street as if it were any other normal day, and was spotted by serveral neighbors.
The first call into 911 was made around 7:18pm of an armed man walking down Pioneer Avetowards the woods on the wet end of the street. The RCMP responded immediately. Setting up perimeters around the woods and neighborhood. Bourque had been spotted as he emerged from the words, crossing the street and entering woods that boarded the backyards of several homes in the area. Three officers trailed him, and as Bourque headed for a backyard one of the officers shouted to him and Bourque opened fire at officer Frabice Gevaudan but missed. The officer ran, radioing in that he was being shot at before being struck twice in the torso dying almost immediately.
Justin ran and emerged southeast of McCoy street, continuing down Mailhot Avenue just two minutes after killing Gevauden. Bourque was spotted by Cst. David Ross who opened fire on Bourque from inside his vehicle. Ross shot twice while Justin retaliated with six shots. Hitting Ross twice in the hand, and left shoulder and one fatal shot to the head. Spectator's believe that Ross attempted to run Jutin down but failed. Cst. Eric White discovered Ross's body still behind the wheel of his cruiser but was forced to take cover when Bourque opened

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