Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 25 Jul 1856
Crime Location: Leicester
Execution Place: Leicester
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1837.html
William Brown was convicted of the murder of 70-year-old Edward Woodcock and his 9-year-old grandson James, and sentenced to death.
However, it was thought that he might not have been guilty.
see BBC
