British Executions

Joseph Jones

Age: 26

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 21 Feb 1918

Crime Location: Valentine Place, Blackfriars Road, London

Execution Place: Wandsworth

Method: hanging

Executioner: John Ellis

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

Joseph Jones was convicted of the murder of Oliver Gilbert Imlay 24 and sentenced to death.

He beat him with a policeman's truncheon during a robbery in Valentine Place, Blackfriars Road, London on 8 November, 1917.

see National Archives - CRIM 1/171/2

see "The Murder Of A Canadian Soldier." Times [London, England] 16 Jan. 1918: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 July 2013.

see Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 21 February 1918

see Larne Times - Saturday 19 January 1918

see Forest Hill & Sydenham Examiner - Friday 18 January 1918

see Homicide 1918