Age: 25
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 5 Apr 1904
Crime Location: 2 Back 21 Inge Street, Birmingham
Execution Place: Birmingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: William Billington
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Charles Dyer murdered his girlfriend Martha Eliza Simpson 21 whose throat he cut at 2 Back 21 Inge Street, Birmingham on 4 February 1904.
Charles Dyer was an ex-soldier turned hawker who lived with Martha Simpson at 21 Inge Street. Charles Dyer was very fond of Martha Simpson and was angry at her having been in the company of another man. They had been drinking freely when Charles Dyer cut Martha Simpson's throat.
see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Tuesday 05 April 1904
see Dundee Evening Post - Tuesday 05 April 1904
see National Archives - ASSI 13/34