Diss Family History Group

TRAGIC END OF A MURDERER.

   Kenninghall Workhouse Suffolk where an inmate was killed about 12 months ago has again been the scene of a fatal quarrel the victim in this case being a man named John Mickleburgh who was himself 35 years ago sentenced to death for the murder of a girl at Thrandeston Fair Mickleburgh was an inmate of the sick ward and among the attendants was a pauper named John Revell Burrows. A quarrel took place between them about a week ago and Mickleburgh who was severely beaten has since died. The Thrandeston murder for which he was sentenced to death happened so long ago that the circumstances are almost forgotten. Some time ago however it was reported that Mickleburgh was obtaining an honest living. It appears that Mickleburgh after his sentence was reprieved and released 20 years later on ticket-of-leave.