Age: 41
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 10 Oct 1940
Crime Location: Pixley Hills, Toronto, Bishop Auckland
Execution Place: Durham
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John William Wright murdered his wife Alice Wright 43 by battering her to death at Pixley Hills, Toronto, Bishop Auckland on 22 May 1940.
see National Archives - PCOM 9/877, ASSI 45/100/10
