Age: 34
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 22 Feb 1898
Crime Location: Burnley
Execution Place: unknown
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://greggmanning.scstamps.co.uk/Murder1/doch.htm
George William Howe was convicted of the murder of John Kirby Pickup and sentenced to death.
John Pickup had been the manager of a Burnley brickworks where George Howe worked until shortly before Christmas 1897 when he was dismissed.
George Howe blamed John Pickup and later attacked him on 31 December 1897 beside a level crossing, beating him about the head with a stick.
John Pickup died later in hospital.
see National Archives - ASSI 52/40, HO 144/272/A59579