Monday, July 14, 2008

Shot in a drunken rage

The Scotsman July 14th 1908

Herbert Gregory Leons was remanded a Ormskirk over the shooting of Joseph Martland in a bar at Burscough bridge. The prisoner had been drinking in the bar with another man, Martland came out of an adjoining room when Leons accused him of saying something about him. Leons produced a revolver and shot Martland in the left side. The shooting happened on Saturday night, Martland died on Sunday.

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