Bertha Merrett

Age: unknown

Sex: female

Date: 1 Apr 1926

Place: 31 Buckingham Terrace, Edinburgh

Bertha Merrett was shot in the head with a pistol on 17 March 1926. She was taken to the Royal Infirmary where she later died on 1 April 1926.

Suicide was ruled out and her 18-year-old son was tried for her murder but a verdict of 'not proven' was returned.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Wednesday 09 February 1927

see Dundee Courier - Saturday 05 February 1927

see The Scotsman - Wednesday 02 February 1927

see William Roughead (ed.) (1929) Trial of John Donald Merrett (Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co.).

see T Tullett, (1956) Portrait of a Bad Man (London: Evans Bros.).

see JG Wilson, (1960) Not Proven (London: n.s.).

see Unsolved 1926