British Executions

Charles Richard Thomas Watkins

Age: 54

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 30 Jul 1901

Crime Location: 138 Old Road West, Gravesend, Kent

Execution Place: Maidstone

Method: hanging

Executioner: James Billington

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

Charles Richard Thomas Watkins was convicted of the murder of his Brother-in-Law Frederick William Acland Hamerton 46.

He shot him during an argument at William Hamerton's home at 138 Old Road West, Gravesend on Friday 5 April 1901.

see National Archives - HO 144/571/A62757

see Western Times - Saturday 13 July 1901

see Liverpool Weekly Courier - Saturday 03 August 1901

 

see Homicide 1901