Age: 33
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 25 Apr 1951
Crime Location: Clay Corner, Chertsey
Execution Place: Wandsworth
Method: hanging
Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
Joseph Brown and Edward Charles Smith were convicted of the murder of Frederick Gosling 79 who they asphyxiated at Clay Corner, Chertsey on 12 January 1951.
Joseph Brown, Edward Smith and a third man had attempted to rob Frederick Gosling's shop earlier in the day but had been scared off when some school girls came into the shop. Frederick Gosling called the police who came out to see him and took his statement. However, they later returned and beat him and gagged him and then stole £163. the third man who had sat in the car during the robbery gave evidence against the other two and was discharged.
