Age: unknown
Sex: male
Date: 6 Dec 1898
Place: Yarridge Lane, Hexham
George Scholick was found dead in Yarridge Lane near Hexham.
He had been a gamekeeper and his body was found covered with braches, having been shot.
A man was tried for his murder but acquitted.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Horncastle News - Saturday 24 December 1898
see Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Tuesday 13 December 1898
see Illustrated Police News - Saturday 17 December 1898