Bert Checketts
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RAZOR SLASHED BODY.
STEP-BROTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER.At Worcester Assizes yesterday, Bert Checketts, aged 24, of Lye, Stourbridge, was guilty of the murder of Alice Mary Rowley, and was sentenced to death. Rowley was the step-sister of the acused.
The Judge directed the jury that there was insufficient grounds for finding a verdict of guilty, but insane.
The body was found near their home slashed about terribly with a razor found near by.
(Published in the "Northern Echo" on October 24, 1925) |
Checketts, Bert, labourer
Committed from Stourbridge, 10 July, 1925.
Received in Birmingham Prison, 8 July, 1925.
Offence - On 5 July, 1925, at Lye, wilful murder of Alice Mary Rowley.
(Coroner's Inquisition for Wilful Murder).
Tried before Mr. Justice Roche, 23 October, 1925.
Verdict - Guilty.
Sentence - To be hanged.
(Respited to P. S. for life) |
1939, Register for England and Wales
Bert Checketts, born 24 July 1901
Address: Rampton State Institution near Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. |
England Census 1911 about Bert Checketts and family
Residence: Hay Green near Stourbridge, Lye, Worcestershire, England |
| Name |
Relation |
Gender |
Age |
Birth |
Place of Birth |
James Checketts
Lizzie Checketts
Harry Checketts
Sarah Checketts
Bertie Checketts
Robert Checketts
John Checketts |
Head
Daughter
Son
Daughter
Son
Son
Son |
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Male
Son |
52
19
16
14
9
6
5 |
abt. 1859
abt. 1892
abt. 1895
abt. 1897
abt. 1902
abt. 1905
abt. 1906 |
Stouton, Worcestershire
Stambermill, Worcestershire
Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Stourbridge, Worcestershire
Stourbridge, Worcestershire |
Bert Checketts mother was Myra Pearson who was married to James Checketts during the first quarter of 1883. His father was married a second time during the third quarter of 1912 in Stourbridge to Ellen Rowley. |
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