Age: 35
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 5 Dec 1899
Crime Location: Admiral Rous Inn, Galleywood Common, Chelmsford
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: James and William Billington
Source: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4134173
Samuel Crozier was convicted of the murder of his wife Ann Crozier and sentenced to death.
He had been assaulting her over a period of time at the Admiral Rous Inn, which they ran, at Galleywood Common, Chelmsford and finally killed her on the night of Monday 25 June 1899 after he threw her down on a couch, causing her to hit her head and die from a blood clot. She was found dead from her injuries the following morning.
see National Archives - HO 144/279/A61462
see Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 December 1899
see Western Times - Friday 17 November 1899
see Galleywood Historical Society
see Homicide 1899
