Age: 28
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 12 Mar 1877
Crime Location: Denford, Hungerford, Berkshire
Execution Place: Reading County Gaol
Method: hanging
Executioner: Marwood
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1837.html
Henry Tidbury and Francis Tidbury murdered PC Tom Shorter & Inspector Joseph Drewett in what was known as the Hungerford Murders.
They had been out poaching and had killed two pheasents and were on their way home across the fields near Denford Toll Bar when they saw Joseph Drewett who they immediatly recognised. As he came towards them along the lane Henry Tidbury fired and shot him down.
