Age: 37
Sex: male
Date: 20 Nov 1954
Place: Phillips Street, Hulme
William Joseph Jackson died after being run over by a car near his house on 20 November 1954. Two men were convicted for killing him but their convictions were later quashed on 24 May 1955 after it was heard that the judges directions whilst summing up were not not clear and had been unambiguous on the question of onus of proof.
One of them men, a dealer, had been convicted of murder and was sentenced to death whilst the other was convicted of manslaughter. The man that was sentenced to death was due to be executed at Strangeways Gaol on 15 April 1955.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see "Murder By Motor Car." Times [London, England] 22 Mar. 1955: 4. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.
see "Court Of Criminal Appeal." Times [London, England] 8 June 1955: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.
see Bradford Observer - Wednesday 08 June 1955
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Tuesday 17 May 1955
see Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 22 March 1955
see Aberdeen Evening Express - Wednesday 16 March 1955
see Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 18 March 1955
see National Archives - ASSI 52/839, ASSI 86/112
see Unsolved 1954
