Age: 52
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 12 Mar 1898
Crime Location: 7 Milne Square, High Street, Edinburgh
Execution Place: Calton Jail, Edinburgh
Method: hanging
Executioner: James Billington
Source: https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=JC
John Herdman was convicted of the murder of 50-year-old Jane Calder and sentenced to death.
Jane Calder had been his paramour. They had a drunken quarrel at their home at 7 Milne Square, High Street, Edinburgh on New Years Day during which he kicked and stabbed her.
see National Records of Scotland - JC26/1898/2
see Arbroath Herald - Thursday 17 March 1898
see East of Fife Record - Friday 18 March 1898
see Liverpool Weekly Courier - Saturday 08 January 1898
see Edinburgh Evening News - Tuesday 04 January 1898
see Edinburgh Evening News - Monday 03 January 1898
see Dundee Courier - Tuesday 22 February 1898
see Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 19 March 1898
see Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph - Saturday 08 January 1898
