Age: 24
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 14 Aug 1929
Crime Location: Constable Burton, Wensleydale
Execution Place: Leeds
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4166523
Arthur Raveney murdered Leslie Godfrey White 23 at Constable Burton, near Wensleydale on 14 May 1929. He shot him.
Arthur Raveney had been in the tank corp since 1921 with a good record. However, in early 1929 he was confined to barracks over a minor offence during which he was guarded by Leslie White.
On 14 May 1929 he left the camp and walked off and was reported as being absent without leave. He was later spotted that day on the Great North Road five miles from Catterick and held at Bedale police station until a military escort could arrive.
The military tender left Catterick around 11am and arrived in Bedale around 12.15pm with three men, a driver, a drivers mate and Leslie White as the gaurd. The driver and the mate sat in the front of the tender and Leslie White sat in the back with Arthur Raveney. There was a small window in the cab through which the drivers mate could see Arthur Raveney and Leslie Godfrey.
