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A fine of 10 shillings., was imposed on Joseph Frank Humphrey, a 47-year-old farmer, of Main Street, Helmdon, who pleaded guilty by letter, to being drunk in Weston Road, Moreton Pinkney on the 19th June 1950.
P.C. Edlington said he found the defendant Humphrey asleep by his side of the road with his dog standing beside him and his bicycle lying a few feet away.
P.C. Edlington said he found the defendant Humphrey asleep by his side of the road with his dog standing beside him and his bicycle lying a few feet away.
THE MURDER THAT NEVER WAS:
On Saturday night the 1st April 1967, the police answered a 999 call and found the body of a labourer Joe Smith aged 55, of Ombersley Worcester, near a church in Kidderminster.
A murder hunt was launched and the next day a man was arrested and charged with murder, until the pathologist told the police that the “murder victim” had in fact died from natural causes.
A murder hunt was launched and the next day a man was arrested and charged with murder, until the pathologist told the police that the “murder victim” had in fact died from natural causes.
