Age: 22
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 12 Aug 1926
Crime Location: Alton, Hampshire
Execution Place: Winchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Charles Edward Finden was convicted of the murder of John Richard Thompson 14 and sentenced to death.
He battered and strangled him with John Thompson's necktie at Alton, Hampshire on 5 June 1926 and stole his wages of 15s.
John Thompson was found dead in a field.
John Thompson was a garden lad.
see Derby Daily Telegraph - Monday 14 June 1926
see The Scotsman - Friday 13 August 1926
