Age: 52
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 12 Mar 1898
Crime Location: 7 Milne Square, High Street, Edinburgh
Execution Place: unknown
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=JC
John Herdman was convicted of the murder of Jane Calder and sentenced to death.
She was his paramour. They had a drunken quarrel at Hogmanay during which he kicked and stabbed her.
see National Records of Scotland - JC26/1898/2
