Age: 33
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 22 Feb 1898
Crime Location: 22 Pipewellgate, Gateshead
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: James Billington
Source: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4134588
Charles Smith was convicted of the murder of his 30-year-old wife Mary Ann Smith and sentenced to death.
He killed her on the night of 27 and 28 December 1897, beating her to death with a brush handle and a billet of wood whilst drunk.
see National Archives - HO 144/272/A59671
see Rhyl Record and Advertiser - Saturday 26 March 1898
see Banffshire Advertiser - Thursday 24 March 1898
see Runcorn Examiner - Friday 25 March 1898
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 06 January 1898
