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.
William Wright, who was a blacksmith was so affected that he could not go about his normal work and his master said he thought his mind was unbalanced.
After a month Ann Collins returned. William Wright's master had taken a cottage for him in Hook and so they went to live there. They lived there for 20 weeks under amicable terms and were not known to quarrel until 18 November 1984 when a neighbour heard Ann Collins screaming loudly.
