British Executions

James Henry Clarkson

Age: 19

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 29 Mar 1904

Crime Location: 9 Bennison Street, Guisborough, Cleveland

Execution Place: Leeds

Method: hanging

Executioner: William Billington

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

James Henry Clarkson was convicted for the murder of Elizabeth Mary Lynas 12 and sentenced to death.

He cut her throat in a yard at 9 Bennison Street, Guisborough, Cleveland on 27 December 1903.

see National Archives - HO 144/742/115328

see Leeds Mercury - Wednesday 06 January 1904

see Nottingham Evening Post - Wednesday 06 January 1904

see Dundee Evening Post - Tuesday 29 March 1904

see Framlingham Weekly News - Saturday 02 April 1904

see Homicide 1904