How Old was Hutchinson?

[DJA]

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[The Rookie Detective]

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Any advances on this?

[towboydds]

Sally,

I remember reading an article some time back that was sent to me years ago, that actually stated that Hutch's age was posted incorrectly by two different News Printings, one was the Illustrated London Weekly Newspaper, the other however is at the back of my mental trash bin, in an unrecoverable mess. I will do some digging to see if I can find the article in my vast mail bag, but I am almost certain I put that in the electronic trash.

[DVV]

Bingo !

[Sally]

I'm assuming that Fleming was 29?

[richardnunweek]

Hi,
And the answer is 29,
So I guess we have confirmed that Topping was not GH.?
May I ask , who was this 29 year old.?
Regards Richard.

[DVV]

Good thread and good question.
And the answer is : 29.

[Debra A]

Cottage Grove GH's signature

I think I have just managed to find one at last!

[Sally]

Maybe the age of 33 has crept in because of 33 year old George Hutchinson of Cottage Grove, convicted of stealing a watch in 1887? We've had many threads over the years on the possibility of him being GH the witness.

As an aside - now I'm derailing my own thread lol - this is George Hutchison, right? As per Walter Dew's spelling?

[Debra A]

Did you ever manage to have a butchers at his signature?!

Hi Ben. Just quickly so as not to derail the thread-no, still not seen his signature yet!

[Debra A]

Thanks Debra - maybe that's it then. I'm still intrigued by the possibility that there were press references to his being 33 - although as I said to Robert I don't recall ever seeing any?

Hi Sally. I can't recall a report that gives an age for GH the witness either. That GH the witness also had a sister or family in Romford was also being inadvertently slipped in as a fact not too long ago.

[Sally]

No worries Edward

[Edward]

Oops! Sorry Sally.
Edward

[Sally]

Thanks Robert - hmm, well, that being the case it looks as though we might be at a dead end. He cites 'newspapers' and appears to take it as read that those references are there - but as I say, I can't recall ever seeing any press references to a definite age before.

Thanks for your help

[Robert]

Hi Sally

Mr Morley was the poster I mentioned, who claimed that newspapers gave an age of 33 :

http://www.casebook.org/forum/messages/4922/5574.html