Albert Ernest Stratton

Alfred Stratton and Albert Ernest Stratton were convicted of the murder of Thomas Farrow 69 and sentenced to death. They also killed Ann Farrow 65 during the same incident but were not tried for her murder.

They battered him to death at 34 High Street, Deptford, London on 27 March 1905 during a robbery.

Thomas Farrow managed an oil and colour shop at 34 High Street in Deptford along with his wife and a shop assistant. The hours of business were from 8am to 9.30pm. The shop was a branch owned by an oil and colour merchant who would visit the shop each Monday, sometimes before mid-day to collect the weeks takings which would be between £12 and £13 and would be handed to him over the counter discreetly in a brown envelope.

The shop assistant said that his hours were from about 8.30am through to 9pm or 10pm and that he last saw Thomas Farrow and his wife Ann Farrow alive when he left on the Saturday night, 25 March 1905.