British Executions

Edward Smart

Age: 35

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 12 May 1879

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gloucester

Method: unknown

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.h

Edward Smart was convicted of the murder of Lucy Derrick and sentenced to death.

Lucy Derrick had been a stranger to him and he said he had 'done it out of devilment'.