Age: 32
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 4 Sep 1941
Crime Location: Market Street, Whitworth, Rochdale
Execution Place: Manchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John Smith murdered his ex-girlfriend Margaret Ellen Knight 28 who he shot at Market Street, Whitworth, near Rochdale on 18 May 1941.
When arrested he said 'I didnt mean to kill her'.
see Gloucestershire Echo - Tuesday 03 June 1941
see National Archives - ASSI 52/522, DPP 2/851
