Age: 25
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 5 Mar 1908
Crime Location: Lhanbryde, Elgin
Execution Place: Inverness
Method: hanging
Executioner: Henry Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Joseph Hume was convicted of the murder of John Barclay Smith and sentenced to death.
He battered him to death at Lhanbryde, Elgin around 24 September 1907 at his home during a robbery.
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 25 October 1907
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 27 February 1908
see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 05 March 1908 (includes picture)
see Homicide 1908
