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John Duffy

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: January 23, 1903 (15-24)
Royal Infirmary Glasgow, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 0SF, United Kingdom (Head Injury (Alleged Bullet wound) Registry of Corrected Entries - Effects of a bullet wound of the skull and brain. Injury received about 5 hours previously.)
Place of Burial: Saint Peter's Cemetery Dalbeth
Immediate Family:

Son of Andrew Duffy and Helen Duffy
Brother of Susan McGhee; Edward Duffy; Andrew Duffy; Private; Private and 5 others

Occupation: Coal Miner Hewer
Managed by: Pearl Mairi Boyd Brown
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About John Duffy

John Duffy was killed on 23 Jan 1903, aged 20, by his 22 year old brother-in-law John McGhee. (John McGhee married Susan Duffy on 27 June 1902.). John Duffy sustained a head (skull) and brain injury from a bullet wound and died approximately 5 hours later at 11.40pm in Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The altercation took place at the usual residence of John Duffy - Braidwoods Land, Old Town, Uddingston, Lanarkshire.
'Murderer John' was in court on 25th February 1903.

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John Duffy's Timeline

1883
1883
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1903
January 23, 1903
Age 20
Royal Infirmary Glasgow, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, G4 0SF, United Kingdom
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Saint Peter's Cemetery Dalbeth