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Description: | This photograph was donated to the library by a descendent of PC John Graham, pictured front left. PC Graham was killed whilst on duty on 25th January 1889 aged just 31 years old. He lived and worked the beat at Wrekenton and had once had occasion to summon an Edward Wilkinson to court. During the case Wilkinson made threats to Graham which at the time were treated as a joke. However, whilst patrolling his beat Wilkinson struck PC Graham in the chest with a butchers knife. He was arrested at South Hylton but PC Graham died from his injuries. (Gatiss, P. 1968; History of the Country Borough of Gateshead Police) | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshed Council | Subjects: | Police | Temporal: | name=Victorian; start=1837; end=1901; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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