Age: 26
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 30 Dec 1920
Crime Location: Walsall Street, Willenhall
Execution Place: Birmingham
Method: hanging
Executioner: John Ellis
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Samuel Westwood was convicted of the murder of his 24-year-old wife Lydia Westwood and sentenced to death.
He stabbed her to death at Walsall Street, Willenhall on 11 September 1920.
see National Archives - ASSI 6/55/6, HO 144/1635/412045
see Homicide 1920