Age: 40
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 29 Dec 1915
Crime Location: 30 Brass Castle Hill, Pocklington, York
Execution Place: Wakefield
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John William McCartney was convicted of the murder of his bigamous wife Charlotte Kent 29 and was sentenced to death.
He cut her throat at 30 Brass Castle Hill, Pocklington, near York on 9 September 1915.
see National Archives - HO 144/1443/304127
see Homicide 1915
