British Executions

William Wright

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 27 Mar 1855

Crime Location: Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, Wiltshire

Execution Place: County Goal, Fisherton Anger

Method: hanging

Executioner: Calcraft

Source: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

William Wright was convicted for the murder of Ann Collins who he killed at their home in Lydiard Tregoze on 18 November 1854.

They had lived together in Wooton Bassett with a little girl. Ann Collins wasnt his wife but passed herself off as Ann Wright, however, she left him saying that she was going to see a friend but instead went off with another man.