British Executions

Eric Charles Briggs

Age: 40

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 20 Jun 1947

Crime Location: Opposite 86 Fenton Street, Leeds

Execution Place: Leeds

Method: hanging

Executioner: Stephen Wade

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

Eric Charles Briggs murdered his wife Gertrude Briggs 49 who he stabbed to death opposite 86 Fenton Street, Leeds on 10 February 1947.

see National Archives - ASSI 45/107/3