British Executions

Augustus John Penny

Age: 30

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 26 Nov 1913

Crime Location: Copythorne, New Forest

Execution Place: Winchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Ellis

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

Augustus John Penny was convicted of the murder of his mother Matilda Penny 57 and sentenced to death.

He shot her at Copythorne, near Totton in the New Forest, on 23 June 1913.

see National Archives - HO 144/1294/244829

see Londonderry Sentinel - Tuesday 11 November 1913

 

see Homicide 1913