Age: 68
Sex: male
Date: 16 Oct 1934
Place: 151 Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth
Horace Butcher was found dead in his shop on a couch with his head and face covered with blood.
A 7lb weight was found nearby with hair on it. Another bloodstained 14lb weight with hairs on it was found in the living room with the handle pointing towards Horace Butcher.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see National Archives - MEPO 3/792
see Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 02 January 1935
see Unsolved 1934
