Age: 27
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 2 Sep 1927
Execution Place: Leeds
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Arthur Harnett murdered Isabella Moore 33 by cutting her throat at 2 Westgate, Hemsworth, Pontefract on 3 May, 1927.
Arthur Harnett was a miner and had been a constant visitor to the house of his friend, another miner and his wife Isabella Moore. However, he had been asked by Isabella Moore's husband not to come round to the house anymore but he later continued to do so.
