Age: 29
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 21 Aug 1900
Crime Location: 21 Barry Terrace, Pontypridd
Execution Place: Cardiff
Method: hanging
Executioner: James Billington
Source: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
William Augustus Lacey was convicted of the murder of his wife Pauline Lacey and sentenced to death.
They married at Easter 1900 but had a stormy relationship and she later felt compelled to write to her father who replied on 4 July 1900 to offer her a place at his home.
see National Archives - ASSI 72/26/1, HO 144/281/A62030
see South Wales Echo - Friday 03 August 1900
see Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 25 August 1900
see Homicide 1900
