British Executions

James Phipps

Age: 21

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 12 Nov 1908

Crime Location: Wharton, Winsford

Execution Place: Knutsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: Henry Pierrepoint

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

James Phipps was convicted of the murder of 10-year-old Elizabeth Warburton and sentenced to death.

He strangled her at Wharton, near Winsford on 12 October 1908.

see National Archives - HO 144/889/171031

see Homicide 1908