Age:
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 10 Apr 1876
Execution Place:
Method: unknown
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.h
1876
April 10th: George HILL
St Albans
Convicted of the murder of William Thrussel, his illegitimate son. Having been served a maintenance order by a court, while drunk he lured mother and child through a deserted field on the pretext of showing them a house he had rented on their behalf. and then attacked them both with a hammer, leaving them for dead. The mother recovered and her evidence convicted him. He expressed remorse after sentencing. Hanged by Marwood.
