Charles Samuel Dyer

Charles Dyer was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Martha Eliza Simpson 21 and sentenced to death.

He cut her throat at 2 Back 21 Inge Street, Birmingham on 4 February 1904.

Charles Dyer had been an ex-soldier turned hawker who lived with Martha Simpson at 21 Inge Street. He had been very fond of her and had become angry at her having been in the company of another man. They had been drinking freely when Charles Dyer cut Martha Simpson's throat.

Martha Simpson was said to have been constantly in the company of another woman who had lived at 15 Birmingham Place, Bristol Street where two other men also resided.