British Executions

George Robinson

Age: 27

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 13 Dec 1922

Crime Location: Dorrington, Lincolnshire

Execution Place: Lincoln

Method: hanging

Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

George Robinson was convicted of the murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend Frances Florence Pacey and sentenced to death.

He went to her house at Dorrington on 5 September 1922 with the intention of killing her and cut her throat.

see National Archives - ASSI 13/52, HO 144/1770/438913

see Daily Mirror - Thursday 14 December 1922

see Boston Guardian - Saturday 02 December 1922

see Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser - Saturday 04 November 1922

see Lincoln Leader and County Advertiser - Saturday 09 September 1922 (picture)

 

see Homicide 1922