Herbert John Bennett was hanged on the 21 March 1901 at Norwich Gaol for the murder of his wife. Bennett was a 17 year old petty thief who would turn his ...

Mar 13, 2021 · Herbert's six-day trial was the first murder trial of the 20th century according to Maurice Morson in his book Mayhem and Murder, Classic Cases ...

His wife (Mary Jane Bennett) was found strangled on Yarmouth beach in September 1900. He was found guilty of her murder and hanged at Norwich prison in 1901.

Feb 26, 2018 · Her husband, Herbert John Bennett, was convicted and hanged for her murder the following year. Mary Jane was my Great, Great Aunt. Their ...

Mar 21, 2020 · It was also alleged that Mary Bennett had been seen kissing a man near her lodgings on the eve of her murder. Ultimately the jury preferred the ...

Bennett was tried at the Central criminal court, London, February, 1901, for the murder of his wife, Mary Jane Bennett. Bennett was tried at the Central ...

After a six days' trial of an exhaustive description, Herbert John Bennett was, at ten minutes past 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, found guilty of ihe ...

Jul 23, 2018 · In 1897, Herbert John Bennett, a poor but enterprising youth of seventeen, married his pregnant girlfriend, twenty-year-old Mary Jane Clarke.

The feeling in East Anglia against Herbert John Bennett, accused of strangling his wife with a bootlace on Yarmouth Sands on September 22 last, ...

Herbert John Bennett (executed). Age: 22. Sex: male. Crime: murder. Date Of Execution: 21 Mar 1901. End Of Full Sentence: Place: Yarmouth Beach. Source: www ...