MICHAEL JOHN DAVIES Crime Documentary No. 4

Hardback. Michael John Davies, at the age of 20, was convicted at the Old Bailey of murdering John Ernest Beckley who was stabbed during a series of running fights between groups of youths on Clapham Common in London, on the night of July 2, 1953. When he was released in 1960 after serving 7yrs., Davies claimed that he was not the person who stabbed Beckley, and declared he now knew who did it. He petitioned the Home Secretary for a Pardon, but was turned down in July 1961. Illus. 152pp. 8vo. h/back. Sl. fading to top edge of fr. cover o/w Vg+