Age: 50
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 11 Jun 1923
Crime Location: 25 Bridge Street, Leith
Execution Place: Edinburgh, Calton
Method: hanging
Executioner: John Ellis
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John Henry Savage was convicted of the murder of 42-year-old Jemima Grierson and sentenced to death.
He cut her throat at 25 Bridge Street, Leith on 14 March 1923.
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 22 May 1923
see Western Gazette - Friday 25 May 1923
see Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 11 May 1923
see Edinburgh Evening News - Tuesday 22 May 1923 (photo)
Daily Record - Tuesday 22 May 1923 (photos)
see Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 12 May 1923
see Leeds Mercury - Tuesday 22 May 1923
see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 21 May 1923
see Dundee Evening Telegraph - Thursday 15 March 1923
see Homicide 1923
