Bio & Incident Details
Age: 61
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 12/12/1825
Weapon: Edged weapon; Axe
Suspect: Hung
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Watch Officer Jonathan Houghton succumbed to wounds received while on duty one week earlier when he was attacked by a man with an axe. It is not known what provoked the attack. The man was convicted and hung in March 1826.
Watch Officer Houghton was survived by his wife and 15 children. His widow received a pension of one year's wages.




