British Executions

William Hampton

Age: 23

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 20 Jul 1909

Crime Location: Vicarage Row, St Erth, Penzance

Execution Place: Bodmin

Method: hanging

Executioner: Henry Pierrepoint

Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

William Hampton was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Emily Barnes Trewarthen Tredea 16 and was sentenced to death.

He strangled her at Vicarage Row, St Erth, near Penzance on 2 May 1909.

see National Archives - HO 144/1037/180624

see Homicide 1909