Age: 27
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 11 Jul 1940
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Vincent Ostler and William Appleby murdered William Ralph Shiell 28 by shooting him at the back of Westley Road, Coxhoe on 29 February 1940.
see National Archives - PCOM 9/870, ASSI 45/100/16
see The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 11 May 1940
