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Shelagh
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Strange case..the mother “Esther’ aware of mummified baby, yet said nothing :shock:
Daughter “Florence” suffered a horrible death...starved - bloodstained bedsheets - hands riddled with maggots...so very sad!!

Awful case Joe (All be like Edgar Wallace by the time we’ve finished)
Thanks Joe!!
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Thanks for your comments Lynne and Shelagh, they are much appreciated. :wink: :)
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A Victorian Child Killing Tragedy.

In 1891 the level of deprivation and lawlessness amongst children in parts Liverpool was demonstrated when a 10-year-old boy drowned and two younger boys were charged with his murder.

On Tuesday 8th September 1891 the naked body of a boy was recovered from a pool of rainwater in a pit at a building site on the corner of Stanley and Victoria Street in the city centre. At first, it was assumed he had got into difficulty whilst bathing and his clothes had then been taken by somebody else who was in need of them.

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The body was taken to the Prince's Dock mortuary and identified by his mother that evening as David Dawson Eccles, who lived in Richmond Row. Elizabeth Dawson Eccles told detectives that she had last seen her son at 1 pm on the Monday afternoon when he went to Bevington Bush school and that he had gone wayward of late and taken to sleeping out.

Elsewhere in the city, in Baptist Street (which was situated where John Moores University's Byrom Street building is now), the Mary O'Brien was shocked to read about the discovery in the newspapers, as on 7th September her 8-year-old son Robert Shearon had come home wearing clothes that weren't his. Earlier that day, she had hidden all his clothes to stop him going out as he had slept out for two nights, but Shearon escaped his home wearing a sack with holes that he cut in it for his arms.

Mary had refused to believe his explanation that he had 'found them' in Victoria Street and after reading of the discovery of the body she took the clothes to the Central Police offices in Dale Street. They were soon identified as David's clothes and a detective was sent to Baptist Street to speak with Shearon, who immediately confessed that he had pushed him into the pit, but 'Crawford' had done it as well.

The other boy involved was 9 years old Samuel Crawford, who also lived in Baptist Street. He was arrested on Friday 11th September and told police that on Monday he and Shearon had met David near St George's Hall and asked him to go to Victoria Street. After climbing into the building site from Cumberland Street, David refused to climb onto a plank, so they pushed him into the pit. When David climbed back out, they stripped him and pushed him in again, then ran away.

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Both boys were charged with murder and appeared before the Crown Court on 9th December where they could barely see above the dock rails. The jury heard how Baptist Street was one of the 'lowest streets' of Liverpool and that both boys had grown up without a father and had no sense of religious or moral values. Both admitted pushing David into the pit, but there was doubt about whether they could have known this would cause his death. As such, the jury returned a verdict that they were guilty of murder but 'not responsible' due to their age.

Mr Justice Lawrence, however, was reluctant to release the boys back to their mothers and with their consent instead placed them into the care of Father James Nugent, who ran schools for a number of deprived children in the city.
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Sad tale of two kids who robbed another of his clothes, I don't think their intention was for the boy to drown. Thanks for posting, Joe.
Shelagh
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Often look at those statues in St John’s Gardens...the city has so many benefactors!
James Nugent, being one of the many familiar names.
Nugent Care still going strong, still helping children and adults alike..
Sad about the little boy found in a pit..horrible death, so undignified!!

Thanks Joe, as said before, reports help give insight into the desperate times of our Victorian past!!
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It is unbelievable in today's mind, for 10year olds to decide to sleep on the streets !! Even after his mother had hidden his clothes to stop him. I feel for her as well. Poor Mum of the dead boy, she must have been devastated. I think things have changed for the better, even though reporting would make us think otherwise.
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You could assume that the kids were street urchins and were comfortable in their surroundings, Lynne. If and it's a big if, the boy dressed himself in a sack, he would have no issue with living on the street. As you've said, we cannot put our values onto them, it was a different world.
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Thank you for your comments Phil, Shelagh, and Lynne they are much appreciated. :wink: :)
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Butcher Who Helped Neighbour Killed.
A man in Vauxhall who offered help to a female neighbour who had been thrown out of the house was killed by her husband, who was hanged for his crime.

On the evening of 18th July 1877, a butcher named John Campbell was having supper at his Latimer Street home with several family members. A lady called Mrs McGovern attended, saying she had been thrown out by her forty-year-old husband Patrick and she joined the supper party for a couple of hours.

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Latimer Street.

Shortly after midnight, Mrs McGovern went back to her husband who was a marine store dealer. A few minutes later John went to the McGovern household to check everything was okay and told Patrick that he had been wrong to do what he did. Without any further provocation, Patrick picked a kitchen knife up off the table and plunged it into John's abdomen.

John ran back into his own house screaming, the knife still embedded in his body. His sister in law Ann Kearns pulled it out and sent for a policeman. When an officer arrived McGovern was taken into custody and John was removed to the Stanley Hospital. With John in a critical condition, a magistrate's clerk took a deposition from him the following day in the presence of McGovern.

John lingered on until 24th July when he died, leading to McGovern being committed to the assizes for trial. At the magistrate's court hearing, Detective Inspector Carlisle explained that McGovern was also under investigation for stabbing his wife's brother, who lay in a dangerous state at the Northern Hospital. He was a man known to have a history of drunken violence, once being sentenced to two months imprisonment for assaulting his wife.

When McGovern appeared before Mr Justice Hawkins on 3rd August, his defence counsel tried to suggest that the killing was no more than a struggle and it was John who had gone around with the knife. They added that by harbouring Mrs McGovern after she had been thrown out of the house, it was an act of sufficient provocation to reduce the crime to manslaughter.

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Mr Juetice Hawkins

In summing up though, the judge said that given all the facts, he was at a loss to see how there could be any mitigation to reduce the crime from murder to manslaughter. This led to the jury taking just a few minutes to return a guilty verdict and McGovern responding by saying 'I am innocent of it I know nothing at all about it.' As he passed the death sentence Justice Hawkins showed no pity, telling McGovern that 'anybody that has heard the case can not hesitate to come to the conclusion that yours was the hand that inflicted the deadly wound.'

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William Marwood

After being sentenced McGovern fainted and had to be helped up by two warders. His wife screamed and howled, and had to be escorted out of the courtroom. McGovern was hanged at Kirkdale gaol on 21st August, alongside John Golding who had killed his neighbour in Edge Hill. He showed a complete indifference to his fate whilst at Kirkdale, but as he was brought out into the prison yard he was trembling and had to be held up by warders to stop him fainting as the noose was being put around his neck. When the bolt was drawn by William Marwood, he dropped to an instant death and was buried within the precincts of the prison.
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Another interesting case Joe..the butcher acted as a Good Samaritan...then paid with his life...all very tragic!!
Picture of executor..very creepy!!

Thanks Joe!
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Once again thanks for your comments, Shelagh. :wink:
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The Random Killing of Lesley Hobbs

In 1962 a 12-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Childwall in a random and motiveless killing, leading to a 15-year-old boy being detained for life.

On Sunday 9th September 1962 Lesley Hobbs was left at home at 191 Childwall Valley Road looking after her three younger siblings whilst her parents went out. When they returned at 11.30pm they found Lesley's bloodstained and battered body in the lounge, but upstairs the three younger children were asleep and had not been disturbed.

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Childwall Valley Road.

Door to door enquiries by police soon identified three possible suspects, one of whom was described in the following day's Liverpool Echo as 'youngish, tall, well built with fair hair wearing a dark tunic type jacket and tight-fitting jeans'. This male had been seen crossing Childwall Valley Road by the nearby high school for girls an hour before the gruesome find.

Within 24 hours of the killing, there were 500 detectives on the case, many of which had been drafted in from Bootle, Wallasey and other neighbouring forces. They were assisted by 30 dogs who roamed the railway embankment searching for the murder weapon.

Enquiries eventually led to the arrest of a 15-year-old office clerk called Peter Rix, who lived in Craighurst Road. He was the son of a merchant seaman and had splashes of blood on his coat. He claimed that he had dreamt about killing a girl and enjoyed it, leading to him carrying out a random attack as 'girls got on his nerves.' After knocking at the property, he stabbed Lesley twice and then set about her with a poker then tied her hands behind her back. Rumours persisted in the area that Rix, a former pupil of the Holt School (now Childwall College) and Lesley may have been seeing one another, but they were never substantiated.

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Rix was charged in December and his trial took place in February 1964. The Guardian reported that with his father away at sea for long periods his mother was unable to control his behaviour. Described by professionals as being unpopular at school and 'lacking in feeling for others, in shame and remorse' no motive was established for the crime. With a psychopathic disorder being diagnosed, he was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and sentenced to be detained for life.

I remember the Lesley Hobbs case it was big news back then.
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Terrible sad case, young girl childminding..so tragic!
probably headline news at the time!

Thanks Joe,,(Edgar Wallace murders, back on tele) always a cat involved :?
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I was 12 in 1962, frightening!! Completely random? Did he know she was there on her own?? Lots of questions that would be asked now. Looking on the bright side the other children were un aware. Thanks Joe
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Thanks for your comments, Shelagh and Lynne. :wink: :)
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A Butchers Revenge
A butcher who reacted to a baying Sectarian crowd outside his shop by stabbing a man was convicted of manslaughter.

On 25th May 1848 a crowd gathered outside butchers in Simpson Street owned by Parker Unsworth. This was supposedly because his wife had given evidence at the police court that morning against two boys who had been arrested for fighting.

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It seems that abuse was shouted at Unsworth who then lashed out with a knife, stabbing John Clarke, a thirty-year-old stevedore. Clarke staggered a few paces towards Bridgewater Street then fell down and was pronounced dead on his arrival at the Southern Hospital. When Unsworth was told that Clarke was dead he fainted and had to be carried into a car that was procured by police o take him to the Bridewell

The inquest took place the following day and the first witness was Michael Vallaly, who said he was the father of one of the two boys who had been seen fighting by Mrs Unsworth. He stated that he had expressed surprise to Unsworth that his wife had given evidence, but understood that he had no control over what she did. He then claimed that Clarke appeared outside the shop and Unsworth said 'There's another Irish scoundrel' and stabbed him with a kitchen knife, causing the bowels to protrude.

After describing how Clarke fell down and shouted out that he was dying, Vallely then claimed that he saw Unsworth wipe the blood from the knife with his fingers and then cut some meat with it. In cross-examination, he denied saying anything abusive to Unsworth and again admitted that one of the boys who Mrs Unsworth had given evidence against was his own son.

The next witness was a man named John Jones who said that Vallaly was waving his fist at Unsworth's shop shouting 'You Orange B*st*rd' when Clarke tried to move him away, only to be stabbed himself. Vallaly, according to Jones, was intoxicated and two other men had also been trying to persuade him to move on. A lady called Ellen Hillcrest said there were up to forty people outside Unsworth's shop and that when he struck the blow with the knife he had not crossed its threshold.

A dejected Unsworth then made a statement of his own, saying that Vallaly had come into the shop and threatened to kill him, then a crowd gathered and someone shouted 'pull him out and 'mash his brains'. Unsworth said he was cutting meat at the time and when someone rushed into the shop he lashed out with the knife.

The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter and added that Vallely's evidence was 'unworthy of belief'. Unsworth was committed to the South Lancashire Assizes for trial and found guilty but with a strong recommendation for mercy. He was then sentenced to three months imprisonment by Mr Justice Cresswell.
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Makes you wonder, why would anyone pick a fight with a knife wielding butcher :shock:
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Shelagh, it makes you wonder if he had anything in his head, he was definitely one for the sheriff back in the day. :wink: :)
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Girl Killed On Way To Butchers

A ten-year-old girl was killed whilst on an errand for her mother in 1905 and her murderer was never caught.

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Wendell Street.

At midnight on Saturday 28th October 1905 Elizabeth Peers of Wendell Street was given 6d by her mother to go to the butchers on Lodge Lane to buy some cooked pork. Her mother Elizabeth remained at home with her three brothers while her brick setter father William was out visiting his brother, having earlier had an argument with his wife.

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Longfellow Street.

Elizabeth never returned but the area was a lively neighbourhood and her mother assumed that she had just met some friends or gone to relations. The following morning at 8 35 am her body was found in an entry at the back of Cullen Street by William Wilson, a carter on his way to work in Edge Hill. However, Mrs Peers at first wasn't concerned, instead of saying how terrible it was that somebody had lost their daughter. It was only when her father enquired with relatives as to Elizabeth's whereabouts did they realise it could be their daughter who was dead.
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Cullen Street Entry.

Elizabeth's clothes were completely drenched by rain and her eyes and mouth were wide open. A post-mortem revealed she died from the shock of being raped and gagged. At the inquest, which was adjourned, the Coroner heard she was last seen on Longfellow Street and expressed his shock that plenty of children were allowed out at such a late hour. Her mother was in such a state of shock at her daughter's death that on 31st October, the day of the inquest, she knocked over a paraffin lamp which set fire to some of the furniture. Neighbours managed to drag her out of the house and extinguish the flames.

Elizabeth's funeral took place at St Clement's Church on 3rd November, and an estimated 30,000 people lined the streets to watch the procession to her burial place at Smithdown Road with many blinds remaining drawn. A wreath was sent by her Tiber Street school.

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Elizabeth Peers Memory Card.

Several witnesses reported to police seeing a man in his late thirties with a dark moustache running from the entry at 1.30am but the killer of Elizabeth Peers was never found. On 22nd November the inquest was concluded with a verdict of wilful murder by persons unknown. The Coroner censured Elizabeth's parents for their 'unnatural conduct' on the night of the killing.
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Anyone know where the jute mill was?
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ab wrote:Anyone know where the jute mill was?
ab, I have replied to that one on the Teapot murders thread . JJC.
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How shocking a story, Joe :cry:
Elizabeth Peers, ten years of age.
Precious young life taken by such an evil person..
Body discarded, discovered soaking wet in a dirty dark entry!!
Murderer never caught - what an injustice!!

More history to be gleaned from this article..
Good find..Thanks Joe!!
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Thanks for your comments Shelagh, i was upset when i first read it. :(
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The Cranborne Road Murder

Widowed recluse Beatrice Rimmer was battered to death in her Wavertree home, leading to the execution of two youths in what may be a miscarriage of justice.

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On 19th August 1951, Beatrice was seen returning to her house at 7 Cranborne Road after visiting her son in Madryn Street, Dingle. The next day, when her milk remained on her doorstep and the morning paper was left stuck in the letterbox, neighbours became worried. When her son visited that night he saw his mother's body lying in a pool of blood, still clutching the flowers he had given her the previous day.

Detectives arriving on the scene found that entry had been made through a kitchen window. Local gossip suggested that there was a large sum of money in the house and it was surmised that having been unable to find the money, the killer(s) opted to force Beatrice to disclose where it was.

A post-mortem revealed that 2 weapons had been used and that individually none of the 15 blows would have been fatal. Beatrice appeared to have suffered a slow agonising death by killers trying to extract information, rather than by a homicidal maniac.

A month after the murders an army deserter, George McLaughlin, claimed to have known the murderers from his cell in Walton Gaol. He told how he had met a Manchester man in an all-night cafe and agreed to rob a house in Wavertree with him. He was later introduced to another man who would also take part in the robbery. The idea was that Jane Bury, a local waitress would knock on the door to distract Beatrice, allowing the others to enter through the back, ransack the property and run off with what they could. McLaughlin was arrested two days before for his desertion and the robbery went ahead without him. As McLaughlin's aunt lived at 109 Cranborne Road, it may be that he knew that Mrs Rimmer lived alone and supposedly had money and valuables in the house.

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When June Bury was questioned, she named the robbers as Alfred Burns and Edward Devlin, aged 21 and 22 and both from Manchester. Head of the investigation, Chief Superintendent Bert Balmer spoke to Burns' girlfriend, Marie Milne ('Chinese Marie'), who claimed that she had initially been asked to act as a lookout but later told she wasn't needed. She had When she met the men later, Devlin was agitated and frightened that they may have killed Beatrice. Another man interviewed said that he was asked to take part after McLaughlin's arrest but dropped out after initially agreeing.

With enough evidence to question the suspects, both were arrested in Manchester and brought to Liverpool. Devlin claimed to have been breaking into a warehouse in Manchester with Burns at the time of the murder. Burns did not offer an alibi. They were picked out of an identification parade by McLaughlin, but not by the man they had asked to assist them in the robbery. Forensic tests on bloodstains found on the defendants clothing proved inconclusive, nor were any fingerprints or murder weapons found, meaning only eyewitness evidence was available. The defence case was simply -that nobody had seen the accused enter the house or commit the murder, therefore any prosecution evidence was purely circumstantial.

Burns and Devlin claimed to have been committing a robbery at Sun Blinds Ltd in Manchester at the time and a man convicted of that crime swore on oath that he had been accompanied by them. Both defendants accounts of the robbery were unconvincing and told in no more detail than they could have learned from the newspapers. The Prosecution then told that the Manchester robbery actually happened 24 hours before the Cranborne Road murder, rendering both alibis useless.

After a 10 day trial, the jury took 75 minutes to find the pair guilty of murder, with appeals immediately being launched. A friend of June Bury, Elizabeth Rooke, claimed that her testimony was only made as she was covering up the real killer, her lover Austin O'Toole. However, the Prosecution told how he had been in jail at the time of the killing. June Bury swore that her original statement was true, knowing that she faced a lengthy spell of imprisonment for perjury otherwise.

The appeal was dismissed but the Home Secretary Sir David Maxwell Fyfe ordered an inquiry into the investigation, postponing the execution for one week. The report concluded there were 'no reasonable grounds to suggest that a miscarriage of justice had taken place'. Pleas to Queen Elizabeth II failed and both were hanged on 25th April 1952. Relatives continued to insist the men were innocent, but two days later a Sunday newspaper claimed that one of them had made a confession shortly before the execution.

However, extensive research over a ten year period by George Skelly has placed considerable doubt on the convictions, especially in light of the quashing of the verdicts of the two men found guilty of the Cameo cinema killings, a case which bore a remarkable similarity to this in the way the convictions were obtained. In February 2013 he published Murderers or Martyrs but the Criminal Cases Review Commission has so far refused to look at it again.
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Another tragic case :( Beatrice lost her life, and the young criminals paid with theirs..all very sad!
Never read a murder book in my life..but mum (lovely gentle soul) would get through six murder mystery’s a week..too gruesome for me :shock:
Yet here I am, scrutinising every gory detail of every brutal murder..think I’ve lost my way..should’ve been a pathologist :wink:

Thanks Joe :!:
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Good one, Joe!
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Hi Guys.

We just posted a blog about Bootle history that mentions "The Teapot Murders' hope you like it.

http://www.james-kristian.co.uk/blog/bo ... h-history/
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Well done another good story Joe. Thanks. A good idea from the estate agent giving a brief history to buyers, especially if they are new to the area . Well done to you as well.
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James, i read your blog on the Teapot Murders and your Bootle by the Sea blog i found it very interesting thanks :wink: :) :)
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Thanks for all your comments Shelagh, Nicolas, and last but not least Lynne, :wink: :) :)
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Liverpool's Last Duel

The last duel in Liverpool was fought in 1805 between Colonel John Bolton and Major Brooks, with Bolton emerging the winner.

John Bolton was born in Ulverston, Cumbria in 1756 and traded in the West Indies before settling in Liverpool around 1790, living at 116 Duke Street (pictured below).

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A staunch patriot, in 1797 he contributed £500 to a committee set up to defend Liverpool after French troops had landed at Fishguard. He then set up his own Liverpool Volunteers in 1803 at his own expense. Becoming known as the Bolton Invincibles, they trained at Mosslake Fields on the edge of the town.

In 1804 Customs Jerker Major Edward Brooks asked for an increase in his salary. Bolton, President of the West India Association refused, allegedly saying that £700 per year was more than enough for a single man to live on. Brooks challenged Bolton to a duel on 20th December at Millers Dam on Aigburth Road. Quite why he issued such a serious challenge on this a matter is not known, but coincidentally Brooks was also from Ulverston and their feud may have been long running. After a tip-off, both were arrested on their way and bound over to keep the peace for 12 months.

Exactly one year later Brooks insulted Bolton at Castle Street and a challenge was arranged that afternoon at a field off Low Hill. Darkness was falling by the time both men arrived. Both fired at the same time, Brooks missing but Bolton's shot piercing Brooks' eye, causing instant death.

Bolton went into hiding for a short while and the inquest found him guilty of murder. However, due to public opinion being behind him and the fact he had been challenged by Brooks, he was never charged. Bolton remained in Liverpool political life until his death in 1837 and is buried in the family vault in Bownes's parish church.

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joe tom sleman the ghost story author wrote a book Liverpool murders gruesome :twisted:
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Another good piece of history, Joe..great story..
Imagine asking the boss for a pay rise,,then challenging him to a duel for refusing :shock:
Strange picture in my head..pair of them in field..aiming pistols at each other ..my oh my!!
Not sure about the verdict..thought a duel was just that..a duel!!

116 Duke St, I’ve actually been inside that house..
Home of a convicted murderer :shock:
Daughter once had an office on the first floor of the building - magnificent architecture!
Modern offices in place of old fashioned showy opulence..
Whatever would Colonel John Bolton have made if it :cry:

Thanks Joe :)
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As usual Joe, we are indebted to you for our entertainment. (They were big words for a Friday after noon, weren't they :D ) I never think of things like that happening in Liverpool, only in posh places. Fancy asking someone for a duel, when you are a rotten shot. Seems silly to me. :roll: Thanks again Lynne
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Thanks for your kind comments Tommy, Shelagh and Lynne they are much appreciated. :wink: :)
Shelagh, did you tell your daughter about the history of her former place of work :?: :D :wink:
Lynne, I’m so impressed with your vocabulary. :wink: :D
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