Age: 39
Sex: male
Date: 31 Dec 1939
Place: School Lane, Hockley Heath
John William Walton was found dead in School Lane, Hockley Heath on 31 December 1939.
It was thought that he had had a good deal of beer and had been knocked down by a car. He was said to have drunk at least six and a half pints of beer.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Birmingham Mail - Thursday 11 January 1940
see Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 04 January 1940
see Unsolved 1939
