George Gee (murderer)

George William Gee (16 June 1881[1] – 22 July 1904) was a Canadian murderer and the first person to be hanged in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick.

The trial took place in the Old Carleton County Court House, and he was hanged in the Woodstock Gaol.

She stayed in the house next door with Bennie's sister Catherine and her husband Daniel Crane.

On Saturday, 12 March 1904, George arrived at Bennie's residence with a Lee–Enfield Rifle that he had borrowed from a Lt. Weldon W. Melville.

He stayed late, playing cards with Bennie and continuing to drink until three in the morning, when George announced that he should leave and was helped to the door by Millie.

The bullet ricocheted off the frame of the door and entered Millie's chest, knocking her to the floor.

In his closing arguments Ketchum pleaded with the jury that Gee was insane, drunk, and too poor to mount a proper defense.