British Executions

William Thomas Butler (Charles Jackson)

Age: 29

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 29 Mar 1939

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Wandsworth

Method: hanging

Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/

William Butler murdered Ernest Percival during a robbery on a jewellers.

see "Court Of Criminal Appeal." Times [London, England] 14 Mar. 1939: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 July 2013.

see "Alleged Murder Of Jeweller." Times [London, England] 16 Feb. 1939: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 July 2013.

see National Archives CRIM 1/1071