Age: 50
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 30 Nov 1920
Crime Location: 1 Diamond Terrace, West Auckland
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
James Riley was convicted of the murder of his 43-year-old wife Mary Riley and sentenced to death.
He battered her to death at Diamond Terrace, West Auckland on 8 October 1920.
see National Archives - HO 144/1635/411793
see Homicide 1920
