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Ashton

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Date: 17 Feb 1920

Place: Rochdale

Ashton died whilst wrestling with a 44 year-old-man.

The other man, a carter, was tried for Ashton's manslaughter at the Manchester Assizes on 17 February 1920 but was acquitted after no evidence was offered.


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see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Manchester Evening News - Tuesday 17 February 1920, p3

see Unsolved 1920