Age: 65
Sex: female
Date: 28 Aug 1957
Place: Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst, Manchester
Source: find.galegroup.com
Alice Moran was found beat to death about the head in her shop on Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst, Manchester.
She had been beaten about the head with a poker, but nothig had been stolen even though there was £14 in a purse. It was noted at the inquest that the killer might have chosen not to steal anything in order to ensure that the crime was not a hanging offence.
see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 17 Sept. 1957: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 May 2016.
see "Why Murderer Did Not Rob." Times [London, England] 15 Nov. 1957: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 3 Mar. 2013.
see National Archives - HO 332/16 - STA 502/3/33
