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- On 11 December 1876, Inspector Joseph Drewitt and PC Thomas Shorter were murdered near Hungerford in Berkshire, United Kingdom. The officers were in the area on unrelated business and happened upon brothers Henry and Francis Tidbury, who had been game poaching. The brothers beat and shot the officers to death. Henry and Francis were arrested the following morning. They were tried at Reading in February 1877, and were found guilty of both murders. They were hanged at Reading Jail on 12 March 1877. (en)
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- The memorial crosses dedicated to Drewitt and Shorter at Folly Crossroads (en)
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- Memorial to Inspector Joseph Drewett, Folly Crossroads, near Eddington - geograph.org.uk - 1815326.jpg (en)
- Memorial to Constable Thomas Shorter, Folly Crossroads, near Eddington - geograph.org.uk - 1815353.jpg (en)
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- Francis Tidbury (en)
- Henry Tidbury (en)
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- Inspector Joseph Drewitt (en)
- PC Thomas Shorter (en)
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- [The policemen] caught hold of me. Then we had a struggle. He said "Tidbury, is that you?", and I found that we could not get away. Then I shot him and he fell down. The other policeman caught hold of us. He found that we was too much for him. Then he ran away. Then my brother and me run after him and hit him with our guns, and we hit him when he was down and killed him. Then we went back and [...] Mr Drewett was staggering in the road and I hit again with my gun, but I don't know whether my brother hit or not – that he knows but Mr Drewett said "don't kill a man"; but we took no notice. (en)
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- confession of the murders of Joseph Drewett and Thomas Shorter (en)
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- On 11 December 1876, Inspector Joseph Drewitt and PC Thomas Shorter were murdered near Hungerford in Berkshire, United Kingdom. The officers were in the area on unrelated business and happened upon brothers Henry and Francis Tidbury, who had been game poaching. The brothers beat and shot the officers to death. Henry and Francis were arrested the following morning. They were tried at Reading in February 1877, and were found guilty of both murders. They were hanged at Reading Jail on 12 March 1877. (en)
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- Hungerford police murders (en)
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