Age: 38
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 10 Dec 1901
Crime Location: 122 Milling Street, Gateshead
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: William Billington
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John George Thompson was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Maggie Ann Lieutand 33.
They had lived together although she was already married to someone else. However, their relationship broke down and Maggie Lieutand refused to have anything to do with him.
see National Archives - HO 144/574/A63011
see Homicide 1901