British Executions

Samuel Johnson

Age: 29

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 15 Dec 1925

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Manchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: William Willis

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

Samuel Johnson murdered his girlfriend Beatrice Philomena Martin 23 who he stabbed to death at 13 Wingfield Street, Stretford, Manchester.

see "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 12 Nov. 1925: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 9 Dec. 2013.

see National Archives - ASSI 52/369