Age: 62
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 24 Mar 1910
Crime Location: Tank Cottage, Bassaleg, Newport
Execution Place: Usk
Method: hanging
Executioner: Henry Pierrepoint
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.co.uk
William Butler was convicted of the murder of Charles Thomas 82 and Mary Thomas 72 and sentenced to death.
He battered them to death at Tank Cottage in Bassaleg, near Newport on 11 November 1909.
see Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Friday 25 February 1910
see National Archives - ASSI 6/45/8, HO 144/1064/189481
see Illustrated Police News - Saturday 20 November 1909
see Homicide 1910
