Ballad entitled 'Execution of Murphy', 1910 [image 1 of 4]

Description

This ballad relates the story of William Murphy who was the last man to be executed at Caernarfon Gaol on 15 February 1910. Murphy was executed for the brutal murder of Gwen Ellen Jones at Holyhead on Christmas Day 1909. He was sentenced to death at the Beaumaris Assizes on 25 January 1910.

Owner:
Caernarfon Record Office, Gwynedd Archives Service
Creator:
Caernarfon Record Office, Gwynedd Archives Service
License information:
Reproduced by permission of Caernarfon Record Office, Gwynedd Archives Service
All Rights Reserved
Copyright Details:
Caernarfon Record Office, Gwynedd Archives Service 2002
Publisher Ref:
GTJ15844
Item uploaded:
19/1/2010
Date originally created:
1910
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