Archive for March 27

27 March 1866 – Charles Bentley

Posted in Death penalty, Hanged with tags , , , , on March 27 by Old Sparky

A soldier was hanged for murder today in 1866.

Charles (aka George) Bentley was 27 when he was executed at Stafford Prison for killing John Poole at Offley Point. His was the second to last public hanging in Stafford.

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