Age: 32
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 4 Sep 1941
Crime Location: Market Street, Whitworth, Rochdale
Execution Place: Manchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Thomas Pierrepoint
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/
John Smith murdered his ex-girlfriend Margaret Ellen Knight 28 who he shot at Market Street, Whitworth, near Rochdale on 18 May 1941.
When arrested he said 'I didnt mean to kill her'.
