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William Rowlands

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Date: 31 Oct 1911

Place: Penmark, Barry

William Rowlands died after a fight.

A man was charged with his manslaughter, but no trial results are known.

The man tried said that William Rowlands had aimed a poker at him and called him a scamp and admitted that he had hit him with a stick but denied having thrown any stones at him.

His death was said to have been due to heart failure brought on by a blow to the head.

Nothing more is known about the case.


*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

see Northern Whig - Tuesday 31 October 1911

see Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 03 November 1911