Kennedy, who was an Irishman, might possibly have seen the inside of Walton jail during his career but it wasn't for the crime he was eventually hung for. He was arrested in Copperas Hill just before midnight on 25th January 1928 after a police sergeant recognised him. He grabbed Kennedy, who pulled a pistol out his pocket but was then subdued by other officers and marched around to the police station in Warren Street and then transferred to Dale Street. After questioning, he was on the 2pm train to London the following day.
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I found all this in The Times archive, which you can access if you have a Liverpool library card. You can access it from the newspaper's site but it's not as easy to search. Fantastic resource
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