James Hawney

Unsolved Murders

Age: 60

Sex: male

Date: 26 Jan 1961

Place: Morden Road, Morden, London

James Hawney was killed during a robbery on a pay-roll bus. He died from a fractured skull. Two men were tried but found not guilty.

The two men tried were:

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

see find.galegroup.com

see National Archives - CRIM 1/3635

see A Calendar Of Murder, Criminal Homicide In England Since 1957, Terence Morris and Louis Blom-Cooper

see "Two Men Charged With Bus Murder." Times [London, England] 3 Feb. 1961: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

see "Car Dealer For Trial On Bus Murder Charge." Times [London, England] 8 Mar. 1961: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

see "Two Accused Men Acquitted In Bus Payroll Murder Trial." Times [London, England] 21 Apr. 1961: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

see Belfast Telegraph - Friday 21 April 1961

see Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 28 January 1961

see Daily Mirror - Friday 27 January 1961

see Norwood News - Friday 10 February 1961

see Daily Mirror - Monday 30 January 1961

see Norwood News - Friday 28 April 1961

see Daily Mirror - Friday 14 April 1961

see Unsolved 1961