Age: 22
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 19 Dec 1950
Crime Location: Springfield Road, Leeds
Execution Place: Manchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: Albert Pierrepoint
Nicholas Crosby murdered Ruth Massey 19 whose throat he cut at Springfield Road, Leeds on 8 July 1950.
Nicholas Crosby and Ruth Massey had been drinking in the Brougham Arms Hotel in Leeds until around 10pm after which they left and at some point Nicholas Crosby murdered Ruth Massey on some wasteland.
see The Encyclopedia of Executions - John Eddleston
see National Archives - ASSI 45/113, DPP 2/1993, PCOM 9/2061
