Age: 26
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 26 Aug 1843
Execution Place: Stafford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1837.html
Charles Higginson murdered his son William Higginson 5 on 2 april 1843 in the parish of Eccleshall.
Charles Higginson was a widower and paid 1s and 6d a week to have his child looked after by a woman in Tipley Heath. On 1 April the payment for the childs lodging and board were 4 weeks in arrear and the woman told Charles Higginson that he would have to take his son away.
