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JR Shotton

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Date: 22 Jul 1916

Place: 86 Manchester Road, Hapton

Dr JR Shotton was poisoned. He had gone to the chemist to buy some morphine and was given strychnine instead.

A verdict of death by misadventure was returned stating that his death had been an accident but it was not possible to say how that accident had occurred.


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

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Burnley News - Saturday 22 July 1916

see Unsolved 1916