Age: 21
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 31 Mar 1925
Crime Location: Cozens Field, Staple Hill, Bristol
Execution Place: Bristol
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
William Bressington was convicted of the murder of 8-year-old Gilbert Caleb Amos and sentenced to death.
He stranged raped and strangled him at Cozens Field, Staple Hill, Bristol on 12 December 1924.
see National Archives - HO 144/5238
see Illustrated Police News - Thursday 18 December 1924
see Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser - Wednesday 01 April 1925
