British Executions

Alfred Stratton

Age: 22

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 23 May 1905

Crime Location: 34 High Street, Deptford, London

Execution Place: Wandsworth

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Billington

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

Alfred Stratton and Albert Ernest Stratton were convicted of the murder of Thomas Farrow 69 and sentenced to death. They also killed Ann Farrow 65 during the same incident but were not tried for her murder.

They battered him to death at 34 High Street, Deptford, London on 27 March 1905 during a robbery.

see National Archives - CRIM 1/98/5, HO 144/788/128907

see Capital Punishment

see Old Bailey

see About Forensics

see Old Deptford History

see Murdermap

see Murder UK

see Penny Illustrated Paper - Saturday 08 April 1905 (includes photos of the shop and milk boy)

see Illustrated Police News - Saturday 20 May 1905

see Homicide 1905