Age: 44
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 5 Aug 1908
Crime Location: Hamsterley
Execution Place: Durham
Method: unknown
Executioner: Henry Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Matthew James Dodds murdered his wife Mary Jane Dodds 50 who he strangled in Hamsterley on 20 February 1908.
see National Archives - HO 144/883/167254