Walter William Bowkett

Walter William Bowkett died after a fight with his brother. His brother was tried for his murder but acquitted.

When Walter Bowkett's brother made a statement he said, 'My brother and I left Gloucester between seven and eight to go home in the trap. When we were near Highnam my brother all at once punched me in the face. After he had punched me a few times we both lumbered out of the cart, and we had a free fight in the road, and we knocked one another down several times. We were fighting in the road for about a quarter of an hour, and my brother got the worst end of the stick. I should think he knocked me down in the road about six times. We had both had a few half-pints of drink but were not drunk'.