A sensational historic murder trial that still resonates to this day will be featured at a special event August 29th and 30th in Cupids.

Catherine (Mandeville) Snow was hanged on July 21st, 1834 – the last woman to be executed in Newfoundland and Labrador – after being convicted in the murder of her husband John Snow of Salmon Cove and Port de Grave.

John Snow disappeared in August of 1833 and rumours soon started to spread that he had been murdered.

Although his body was never found, Catherine, her cousin Tobias Mandeville and one of Snow’s servants, Arthur Spring were implicated in the disappearance.

Spring and Mandeville later confessed, but Snow always professed her innocence in the murder.

While Mandeville and Spring were hanged in January of 1834 following their conviction, Catherine, who was pregnant with her eight child, was temporarily spared the hangman’s noose until after giving birth.

Among those who pleaded for mercy in Catherine’s case was Bishop Michael Fleming, and her trial and execution garnered great interest and debate at the time.

The great-great-great granddaughter of Catherine and John Snow, Mary Snow will be the special guest at a dinner at the Cupids Legacy Centre on August 29th, followed by a panel discussion on the historic case at the Cupids United Church, on Sunday, August 30th.