Age: 44
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 25 Jun 1935
Crime Location: Hanham Woods, Hanham Abbotts
Execution Place: Gloucester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C4166151
Arthur Franklin murdered his girlfriend Bessie Gladys Nott 28 by shooting her in the head in Hanham Woods, Hanham Abbotts, near Bristol on 8 May 1935.
Arthur Franklin and Bessie Nott both lived in seperate small one bedroom cottages in Hanham Woods about 100 yards from each other. Bessie Nott shared her cottage with her husband and had been there for 3 years since 1932. Arthur Franklin shared his cottage with his younger brother.
