Shooting in Leyes Lane – George Brewer – 1891

Double Tragedy of Kenilworth Men

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Site of shooting – present day

Inquest of John Reuben Rainbow

The Bull Inn (now a private resistence)

Evidence of Joseph Rainbow

Evidence of William Rainbow

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Evidence of Police

The Verdict

With the overwelming evidence of the case, the jury could only come to one conclusion. They returned a verdict that Rainbow committed suicide while ‘temporarily insane’.

Inquest of George Alfred Brewer

Abbey Hotel (photo courtesy of Graham Gould, Kenilworth In Camera)

Evidence of John Brewer

Evidence of Sophia Walker

Medical Evidence of Dr Clarke

Evidence of Police

Depositions of George Brewer

The Verdict

From The Pulpit

Funeral Of George Brewer

John Rainbow

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