Alice May Johnson

Unsolved Murders

Age: 62

Sex: female

Date: 14 Nov 1963

Place: White Cottage, Tern Hill, Shropshire

Alice May Johnson was killed in her home at White Cottage, Tern Hill, Shropshire, during a burglary.

An unemployed 31-year-old farmworker was tried for her murder but acquitted. There were two trials, the first being stopped by the judge after something that one of the witnesses said.

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

see find.galegroup.com

see National Archives - DPP 2/3802, ASSI 84/387, ASSI 6/292

see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 17 Jan. 1964: 15. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.

see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 18 Mar. 1964: 17. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 2 Oct. 2015.

see Birmingham Daily Post - Saturday 16 November 1963

see Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 14 January 1964

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Wednesday 11 March 1964

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Thursday 16 January 1964

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 26 November 1963

see Liverpool Echo - Wednesday 11 March 1964

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 17 March 1964

see Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 18 November 1963

see Hull Daily Mail - Friday 15 November 1963

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Tuesday 07 April 1964

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Thursday 21 November 1963

see Staffordshire Sentinel - Monday 25 November 1963

see Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 17 January 1964

see Leicester Daily Mercury - Tuesday 17 March 1964

see Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 17 March 1964

see Unsolved 1963