British Executions

Walter Marriott

Age: 24

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 10 Aug 1915

Crime Location: 12 Wortley Street, Barnsley

Execution Place: Wakefield

Method: hanging

Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint

Source: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4151542

Walter Marriott was convicted of the murder of his wife Nellie Marriott 23 and sentenced to death.

He stabbed her in the back during a row at 12 Wortley Street, Barnsley on 5 June 1915.

see National Archives - HO 144/1430/291589

see Homicide 1915