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The last fatal duel fought in this province took place here on June 13, 1833, after two law students and former friends, John Wilson and Robert Lyon, quarrelled over remarks Lyon had made about a local school teacher, Elizabeth Hughes. The dispute was worsened by the prompting of Lyon's second, Henry Le Lievre, a bellicose army veteran. Lyon was killed in the second exchange of shots, while Wilson was acquitted of murder, married Miss Hughes, and later became a member of parliament and judge.
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