Age: 22
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 21 Mar 1901
Crime Location: Yarmouth Beach
Execution Place: Norwich
Method: hanging
Executioner: James Billington
Source: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Herbert John Bennett was convicted of the murder of his wife Mary Jane Bennett 24 and sentenced to death.
He denied murdering her and at his trial there were several pieces of evidence that indicated that he might not have been the murderer but he was executed anyway.
see National Archives - CRIM 1/65/2, HO 144/567/A62336
see Reading Mercury - Saturday 09 March 1901
see Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday 25 November 1900
see Homicide 1901
