Good Afternoon
I'm trying to trace where I would find information regarding a great uncle of mine, who according to family rumours was incarcerated for the death of a police officer in the 1930s in manchester.
I have found 2 sets of seperate information but have not discovered anything yet that actually links the 2.
1st piece
in 1934 PC James Wright was on Traffic duty in manchester and knocked down by car which failed to stop
https://gmpmuseum.co.uk/roh-item/james-wright/2nd Piece
According to Census records, a man by the name of Arthur Acton was housed at Calderstones Hospital, a a mental asylum at the time in Whalley Lancashire. The DOB of this patient fits my uncles DOB and would explain things like why he married later, and being "away" from his teens to a little later in his life. Occupation at the time is just incapacitated.
The only thing that could potentially link the two is the rumour stated he was around 15 at the time of the death of the policeman, which again kinda falls into line with the date of 1934.
Ive tried searching the lancashire archives, the british newspapers site but nothing I see mentions James Wright death or a court case around it and Im a bit stumped.
It seems strange that anyone would make such a story up, even if they were ashamed he was in an Asylum, but then surely I would have found something about it?
any help of pointer would be appreciated
