First Published: August 2016 - Last Updated: October 2022
Contains 100 cases including the cases of Louisa Josephine Jemima Masset who beat her son to death with a brick, Matthew Frederick Blake who killed Richard Walsh in a drunken fight, Christopher Taylor who shot Emily Bird whilst drunk through her door and Mary Grainger who killed a fellow patient at the Rainhill County Asylum where she was an inmate.
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Contains 100 cases including the cases of Louisa Josephine Jemima Masset who beat her son to death with a brick, Matthew Frederick Blake who killed Richard Walsh in a drunken fight, Christopher Taylor who shot Emily Bird whilst drunk through her door and Mary Grainger who killed a fellow patient at the Rainhill County Asylum where she was an inmate.
Contains all known homicide convictions from England, Scotland and Wales in 1900.
A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all homicide convictions from 1900.
Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.
The most authoritative resource for homicide convictions from 1900 in the UK on the market.
Cases include:
James Joseph Bergin - Bankhall Street, Liverpool: James Joseph Bergin was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Margaret Morrison 24 and sentenced to death. He shot her on Saturday 27 October 1900 at Bankhall Street, Liverpool.
John Warren - 4 Weaver Street, Glasgow: John Warren was convicted of the culpable homicide of James Mulligan. He struck him repeatedly about the head with a rolling pin or baking roller, fracturing his skull.
Richard Mallier - Allesley, Warwickshire: Richard Mallier was convicted of the manslaughter of John Davis. He hit him on the head with a stick on 11 September 1900.
Frederick Furley Dawson - 10 Belgrave Street, Leeds: Frederick Furley Dawson was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Emily Dawson 24. He strangled her.
Stefano Marsella - Kingston-on-Thames: Stefano Marsella was convicted of the manslaughter of Angelo Valente. Angelo Valente had been an ice-cream vendor. They had both been Italian and lived in Kingston-on-Thames but it was said that there had been considerable ill-feeling between them.
John Bowes - Seaham Harbour, Sunderland : John Bowes was convicted of the murder of his wife Isabella Bowes 50 and sentenced to death. He battered her to death with a railway sleeper at Seaham Harbour, near Sunderland on 8 September 1900.
Annie Simon - Gunsmiths Arms, Gun Street, Ancoats: Annie Simon was convicted of the manslaughter of her newly-born child. She killed it on 27 October 1900 and threw its body in a brown paper parcel on the railway line between Upholland and Wigan.
William Hughes - Skirving Street, Liverpool: William Hughes was convicted of the manslaughter of his paramour Margaret Cornwall 50 who he hit on 29 October 1900. They had both been drinking on 1 November 1900 when he hit her and she fell and hit her head. The cause of death was compression of the brain. Her skull was not fractured.
Mark Finestein - 11 St Annes Lane, Quarry Hill, Leeds: Mark Finestein was convicted of the manslaughter of Lelia Bashman, a Russian Jewess, who he killed on 5 November 1900. Mark Finestein said that he got back late and went through the kitchen where Lelia Bashman slept and she asked him to kill her which he did with a bread knife.
William Wood - Leeds Liverpool Canal, Wigan: William Wood was convicted of the murder of his wife Ellen Wood 25 and sentence to death but reprieved. He killed her at the Leeds Liverpool Canal in Wigan on 17 September 1900. He beat her about the head and threw her in.
James Proctor and John Duncan - Ayr District Asylum, Ayr: James Proctor and John Duncan were convicted of the culpable homicide of Robert McIntyre. They had been attendants at Ayr District Asylum where Robert McIntyre had been a patient.
Peter Kennedy - Wigan: Peter Kennedy was convicted of the manslaughter of George Carr 19. He threw a stone at him on 10 November 1900 in Wigan, killing him.
Joseph Holden - Limefield, Bury, Lancashire: Joseph Holden was convicted of the murder of his grandson John Dawes 8 and sentenced to death. He drowned him in a quarry at Limefield, Bury, Lancashire on Wednesday 5 September 1900.
Richard Watson - Cumberland Street, Hull: Richard Watson was convicted of the manslaughter of William Robert Ferry 23 who he killed in Hull on 21 July 1900. They fought with fists for a while and in the third round Richard Watson stabbed William Ferry in the throat with a knife. William Ferry died shortly after.
Margaret Maguire - Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire: Margaret Maguire was convicted of the manslaughter of her 8-month-old child. She caused its death at Oswaldtwistle on 9 October 1900.
William Pryer - 161 Latimer Road, Eastbourne: William Pryer was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Annie Pryer. Annie Pryer had died through neglect. She died on 12 September 1900.
Martha Norah Allden - Hampton Terrace, Brighton: Martha Norah Allden was convicted of the manslaughter of her child. She gave birth to it whilst working at a house as a servant and threw it over the garden wall where it was found soon er after by the cook in the adjoining house.
Jane Hopkins - Ruskin Cottage, High John Street, Dunoon: Jane Hopkins was convicted of the culpable homicide of her newly-born male child. She stabbed him with a sharp pointed instrument, compressed his throat and put paper into his mouth at her home at Ruskin Cottage, High John Street, Dunoon on 21 September 1900.
Sidney James Kirby - London Road, Leicester, Leicestershire: Sidney James Kirby was on trial for the attempted murder of a doctor but was found to be insane. He shot the doctor in the back in London Road, Leicester, on 8 October 1900. He was said to have waylaid him in the road and from a distance of five yards to have fired four shots in rapid succession.
Cornelius Driscoll - 33 Russell Street, Cardiff: Cornelius Driscoll was convicted of the manslaughter of his sister Catherine Kelly. He attacked her on 25 October 1900 and she died a few weeks later.
Oscar Mattson - Bland Square, North Shields: Oscar Mattson was convicted of the murder of Mary Ann Maguire 19 and sentenced to death but reprieved. He strangled her with a silk handkerchief on 13 August 1900.
Gustave Reginald Peat - Poyle Cardboard Mill, Colnbrook, Berkshire: Gustave Reginald Peat was on trial for the murder of 8-year-old Alice Elizabeth Smith but was found unfit to plead. He killed her in Colnbrook on 17 August 1900.
Ernestein Katz - Gertrude House, St Marks Street, Whitechapel, London: Ernestine Katz was convicted of the manslaughter of Kate Kennedy who she performed an illegal operation on. Kate Kennedy was a cook in Belgravia. She read an advert in the newspapers and went to visit Ernestine Katz , a German woman who offered the services of a midwife under the name of Mrs Evans. She had advertised her services from Gertrude House, St Marks Street, Whitechapel.
John Holmwood - Bermondsey New Road, London: John Holmwood was convicted of the manslaughter of Robert Fitzgerald. John Holmwood was a leather dresser.
Arthur Smith - Millbay Road, Millbay Station, Plymouth: Arthur Smith was convicted of the manslaughter of Cornelois Thomas. Arthur Smith shot Cornelois Thomas in the arm after an altercation on the night of Friday 31 August 1900. He died on the evening of Wednesday 5 September 1900 after pneumonia set in.
Ernest Kightley - Duston St James, Northampton: Ernest Kightley was convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Longland 58 who he ran over with his horse drawn cab on 6 October 1900. Thomas Longland was a deaf man. Ernest Kightley had repeatedly shouted at him to get him to move out of his way but he didn't hear him.
Henry Rumsey - Great Bardfield, Essex: Henry Rumsey was on trial for the attempted murder of his mother. The court found that he had committed the act but that at the time he was not responsible for his actions and he was detained until her majesty's pleasure be known. Henry Rumsey was a labourer and lived at home with his father, mother, brother and a sister in a cottage at Bardfield.
Ellis Backler - Keebles Yard, Queen Street, Haverhill: Ellis Backler was convicted for the murder of Louisa Mizon and two twin children and was sentenced to death but reprieved. They had lived together for 20 years and had nine children.
George Prescott - Crumpsall Workhouse, Manchester : George Prescott was convicted of the manslaughter of Francis Southgate 37. George Prescott was a night attendant at an imbecile ward at Crumpsall Workhouse, Manchester and Francis Southgate was an inmate.
Frank Herbert Watts - 64 Albert Road, Morice Town, Devonport: Frank Herbert Watts was on trial for the murder of his wife Elizabeth Watts but was found to have been insane. He cut her throat in Devonport on 6 July 1900. After cutting her throat he attempted to cut his own and when he appeared at the Coroner's court his throat was covered with bandages.
Samuel Thompson - 54 Union Square, Bury: Samuel Thompson was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Annie Thompson who he killed in a drunken quarrel. She told him that another man she knew was a better man than he and so he threw a lighted paraffin lamp at her on 6 October 1900. The lamp ignited her clothes and she died the next day.
Henry Thomas Bland - 30 Bury Street, Gorton, Manchester: Henry Bland was convicted of the murder of his wife Hannah Bland and sentenced to death but reprieved. He assaulted her on 13 July 1900, causing a head injury from which she died three weeks later on 5 August 1900. It was first claimed that he had hit her with an earthenware pot, but later determined that she had been struck on the head with an axe, but Henry Bland denied that.
Benjamin Josey - H and G Simonds Ltd Yard, Fobney Street, Reading: Benjamin Josey was convicted for the manslaughter of Francis Prout. Francis Prout was a horse keeper for H and G Simonds Ltd in Fobney Street. He was watering the horses in the yard on 29 July 1900 at 7pm when Benjamin Josey came down Fobney Street. He had been drinking and said that as he passed Simond's gate he saw Francis Prout and another man standing at the gate and said that Francis Prout said to him 'You have got a drop on the cheap, old man.'. Benjamin Josey said that he asked him what that was to do with him adding that he ought to be the last to make such a remark as he worked at a brewery and had had his share. He said that a blacksmith threw manure at him and so he went into the yard. He said then that Francis Prout put him out of the yard and in doing so there were some blows exchanged. However, he said that once he was out of the yard and in the street Francis Prout, who was the bigger man, was the aggressor and when he butted Francis Prout in the chest and kicked his ankle he did so in self-defence.
Francis Gallacher - Shaw Street, Glasgow, Greenock: Francis Gallacher was convicted of the culpable homicide of James Shields. They were both lodgers at a lodging house in Shaw Street, Greenock.
Sarah Clark - Farmhouse, North Kirkton Moor, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire: Sarah Clark was on trial for the murder of her little girl Janet Clark but was found to have been insane. She cut her throat with a razor on 19 September 1900.
Wallace Williamson - East End Park, Paisley: Wallace Williamson was convicted of the culpable homicide of James Sinclair Gardner. He stabbed him in East End Park, Paisley on the night of 30-31 July 1900. James Gardner was found dead at about 3.30am on 31 July 1900.
Peter Beaton - Sugar House Lane, Greenock: Peter Beaton was convicted of the murder of his wife Mary Beaton 36. He kicked her in the lower part of the body so that she died on 29 September 1900.
Maggie Bryson - Knowehead Row, Hurlford, Galston: Maggie Bryson was convicted for the culpable homicide of her newly born child. She stabbed it in the neck on 7 September 1900 at a property in Knowehead Row, Hurlford.
Martha Adamson and Josephine Belton - Chalk Farm Bridge, Regents Canal : Martha Adamson and Josephine Belton were convicted of the Manslaughter of Gertrude Helen Dick 18 who they pushed into the Regents Canal on 3 October 1900. They had all been out drinking together and were seen by a night watchman on the Regents Canal at about 11pm going over a bridge from Chalk Farm Bridge towards the Oval Road Bridge. He said they all had white aprons on and had been quarrelling and using very bad language to one another. The night watchman said he told them to clear off and said that they used a foul expression to him and he told them that he would blow his whistle and call the police if they did not clear off and that they then went off along the towing-path towards the Oval Bridge.
Sarah Bell - Redmans Road, Mile End, London: Sarah Bell was convicted for the manslaughter of Mary Elizabeth Chenning. They had a quarrel outside 53 Redmond Road in Mile End on 18 September 1900 and she knocked her down. Mary Chenning later died from her injuries on 26 September 1900.
William Burrett - 10 Alexandra Street, Plaistow, London: William Burrett was convicted of the murder of his wife Ada Gubb Burrett 21 and sentenced to death. He stabbed her to death at 10 Alexandra Street, Plaistow, London on Saturday 25 August 1900.
John Charles Parr - 458 Bethnal Green Road, London: John Parr was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Sarah Willett 19 and sentenced to death. He shot her outside Bethnal Green Road police station, London on 27 August 1900.
Edith OLeary - 110 Garvary Road, Custom House: Edith O'Leary was convicted of causing the death of her 6-month-old child, Edith O'Leary, by wilfully neglecting her. It was said that Edith O'Leary and her husband were addicted to drink and that when Edith O'Leary was two months old she fell ill and never recovered.
Walter Carter - Workhouse Infirmary, Canterbury: Walter Carter was convicted of the manslaughter of James Wells 76. Walter Carter was an epileptic at the Workhouse Infirmary in Canterbury.
Thomas Frost Hubbard - Marylebone Hood, Portland Road Station: Thomas Frost Hubbard was convicted for the manslaughter of 4-year-old Reginald Arthur Bolter. He ran him over with a horse and cart in Marylebone Road, London.
Richard Summers - 298 Guinness Buildings, Snowfields, Bermondsey, South London: Richard Summers was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Diana Louisa Summers 43. Richard Summers had been quarrelling with his daughter and he went to hit her but accidentally hit his wife Diana Summers causing her to fall and hit her head on 24 July 1900, causing injuries from which she later died on 28 July 1900.
Mary Elizabeth Grainger - Rainhill County Asylum: Mary Grainger murdered Hannah Hancox 48 at Rainhill County Asylum on 5 August 1900. They were both inmates. They were at the house of the medical superintendent carrying out domestic duties when Mary Grainger got a knife and attacked Hannah Hancox. They struggled during which Hannah Hancox's head was almost severed from her body.
Charles Oliver Blewitt - 7 Star Fold, Beeston, Leeds: Charles Oliver Blewitt was convicted of the murder of his wife Mary Ann Blewitt 33 and sentenced to death. He cut her throat around 8 June 1900 at their home at 7 Star Fold, Beeston, Leeds.
William Augustus Lacey - 21 Barry Terrace, Pontypridd: William Augustus Lacey was convicted of the murder of his wife Pauline Lacey and sentenced to death. They married at Easter 1900 but had a stormy relationship and she later felt compelled to write to her father who replied on 4 July 1900 to offer her a place at his home.
David Forrest - Garibaldi Square, Craigneuk, Scotland: David Forrest was convicted of shooting to murder three policemen and another man. He shot at the man in Garibaldi Square, Craigneuk on 6 June 1900 and then went home and after the police arrived and tried to get in he shot at them also, but later surrendered. There had been a crowd of people in the square at the time rejoicing the fall of Pretoria in South Africa.
Charles Benjamin Backhouse and Frederick Lawder Backhouse - 79 Piccadilly, Swinton, Rotherham: Charles Benjamin Backhouse and his brother Frederick Lawder Backhouse were convicted of the murder of John William Kew and sentenced to death. Charles Backhouse was executed but Frederick Backhouse was reprieved because he was only 17.
Thomas Mellor - Glebe Road, Holbeck, Leeds : Thomas Mellor was convicted of the murder of his daughter, 6-year-old Ada Beecroft and sentenced to death. He threw her, along with her 4-year-old sister Annie Beecroft, in to the canal at Glebe Road, Holbeck, Leeds on Saturday, 11 May 1900.
William James Irwin - 18 Great Titchfield Street, London: William James Irwin was convicted of the murder of his wife Catherine Amelia Irwin 32 and sentenced to death. He stabbed her on Friday 22 June 1900 in Great Titchfield Street, London. The weapon was a small table knife that had been filed or ground so as to make it pointed.
John Carroll - Ascot Street, Liverpool: John Carroll was convicted of the manslaughter of his brother Luke Carroll. He stabbed him during a drunken quarrel on 7 July 1900.
Margaret Robinson - Boundary Street, Liverpool: Margaret Robinson was convicted of the manslaughter of Ann Jane Robb. She pushed her down some stairs during a quarrel.
Mary Doyle - Robsart Street, Liverpool: Mary Doyle was convicted of the manslaughter of her 7-month-old child Christopher Doyle. She threw boiling water over him after having delirium tremens following some heavy drinking and said that she had had an inspiration from Heaven to kill him.
John Herbert Hale - Warmington: John Herbert Hale was convicted of the manslaughter of William Plummer. He shot him with a toy pistol on 25 April 1900.
Helen Henser - 14 Martin Street, Kensington, London: Helen Henser was convicted for the manslaughter of John James 49. She stabbed him with a bayonet fixed to the end of a rifle.
James Round - 19 Wood Street, West Hartlepool: James Round was convicted of the manslaughter of Jane Ann Taylor. He assaulted her on 23 May 1900.
Gertrude Holt - Todmorden Road, Littleborough: Gertrude Holt was found guilty but insane for the murder of her newly-born child. Gertrude Holt was described as a knitter.
Dennis OHara - 18 George Street, Burnley: Dennis O'Hara was found guilty but insane for the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, He took her to his lodgings during a drinking bout and hanged her from a hook in the kitchen.
Alfred Highfield - Great Queen Street, London: Alfred Highfield was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend Edith Poole 19. He cut her throat in Great Queen Street, London on 13 May 1900.
Henry John Milstead - 191 Pennywell Road, Bristol: Henry Milstead was convicted of the murder of his wife Ellen Milstead and sentenced to death but reprieved. He cut her throat on the morning of 4 May 1900 in their bedroom.
Arthur Kingston Elliot - Prudential Assurance Company Ltd, Brothock Bridge and Marketgate, Arbroath: Arthur Kingston Elliot was on trial for the murder of John Smail but was found to be insane. He assaulted him at the office of the Prudential Insurance Company in Arbroath on 18 May 1900 and then in the public street at Brothock Bridge and Marketgate he shot him with two revolvers loaded with ball cartridge and then beat him on the head with one of the revolvers.
Elizabeth Stevenson - Anchor Cottage, Dunipace: Elizabeth Stevenson was convicted of the culpable homicide of her 5-month-old child. She slept on it on the floor whilst in a state of intoxication on 30 June 1900 at Anchor Cottage in Dunipace.
George Shanahan - 6 Hampshire Street, Southsea, Hampshire: George Shanahan was convicted of the manslaughter of Johanna Brothers who he killed on 18 December 1899. George Shanahan was a driver in the Royal Engineers stationed in Aldershot. He was living with Johanna Brothers at 6 Hampshire Street, Southsea.
Thomas Stewart - Duke Street, Glasgow: Thomas Stewart was convicted of the culpable homicide of his infant son. He had thrown a piece of iron piping at his wife at a house in Duke Street, Glasgow, on 1 June 1900 but she had inadvertently raised the infant up to protect herself and the iron piping hit the infant, fracturing his skull.
Henry Thomas Yone - Aldershot: Henry Thomas Yone was on trial for shooting with intent to murder but found to be insane.
George Shannahan - Portsmouth: George Shannahan was convicted of the manslaughter of Johanna Brothers.
Carlo Ostini - 18 Main Street, Southside, Glasgow: Carlo Ostini was convicted of the culpable homicide of Carlo Giuliani. They were both Italians.
George Francis McGough - Santos, Brazil, High Seas: George Francis McGough was convicted of the manslaughter of John Dwyer. They had both been on the British steamer Rustington from Cardiff with coals which was at Santos on 9 February 1900.
William Ernest Thomas - Compton, Newbury, Berkshire: William Ernest Thomas was convicted of the manslaughter of Philip William Leacey 50. He killed him during a row on 18 April 1900.
Catherine Margaret Hall - Soho Street, Reading, Berkshire: Catherine Margaret Hall was found guilty but insane for the murder of her 18-month-old daughter Mary Jane Hall. She killed her on 30 May 1900.
Henry Burrows - Greenock Road, Paisley: Henry Burrows was convicted of the culpable homicide of 5-year-old James Barton. He threw a stone at him on Greenock Road, Paisley on Sunday 3 June 1900.
Jemima Ross - Keith, Scotland: Jemima Ross was convicted of the culpable homicide of her 18-day-old child Lizzie Michie Ross. She left Lizzie Ross on the public road between Keith and Edintore after which she died from exposure.
Henry Grove - 3 Notts Cottages, Parsonage Lane, Enfield: Henry Grove was convicted of the murder of Henry Smith 73 and sentenced to death. He attacked him at 3 Notts Cottages, Parsonage Lane, Enfield, on Saturday 24 February 1900. Henry Smith later died on 20 March 1900.
John Thomas Lay - 2 Eastward Street, Bromley-by-Bow, London: John Thomas Lay was convicted for the manslaughter of his wife Mary Ann Lay. When he was arrested he said, 'I did not strike her with a knife, but I admit striking her. I struck her with anything I could get hold of'.
Walter Ibberson - 12 Stile Common Road, Primrose Hill, Huddersfield: Walter Ibberson was convicted of the attempted murder of his wife. He was later found to be insane. He attempted to kill her at their home at 12 Stile Common Road, Primrose Hill, after dinner on 10 March 1900.
John Birtles - 114 Marsland Street, Hyde Road, Ardwick, Manchester: John Birtles was convicted of the murder of his wife Ann Birtles 50 and sentenced to death, however, his sentence was commuted. He attacked her at their home at 114 Marsland Street in Gorton on 8 May 1900.
James Dougall - Forth & Clyde Canal, North Canal Bank Street, Glasgow: James Dougall was convicted of the attempted murder of his two sons aged nine and seven. He tried to drown them in the Forth & Clyde Canal at North Canal Bank Street in Glasgow on 24 March 1900.
Peter Stewart - 20 Orange Lane, Montrose, Angus: Peter Stewart was convicted of the murder of Richard McArthur. He killed him at 20 Orange Lane in Montrose, Angus on 25 January 1900.
Arthur Hobson - Farringdon Road, London: Arthur Hobson was convicted for the manslaughter of Joseph Prevost. He knocked him down and ran him over with a horse and hansom cab.
Charles Henry Miles - River Thames, Victoria Embankment, London: Charles Miles was found guilty but insane for the murder of his illegitimate 7-month-old son Harry Hartley. He threw him into the River Thames.
Dennis OShea - Swansea: Dennis OShea was convicted of the manslaughter of Patrick Joyce. He hit him with a knuckle duster when he met him walking through the street with a woman.
Thomas Henry Sweetnam - 1 Conybeare Road, Canton, Cardiff: Thomas Henry Sweetnam was on trial for the murder of Henry Blatchford but was found to be insane and unfit to stand trial. He had previously been confined in Bridgend Asylum for nearly 12 months and was let out against the advice of a doctor.
Adam Greep - Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town: Adam Greep was convicted of the manslaughter of John Edward Ellingham.
George Henry Kellett - Primrose Hill, Batley: George Henry Kellett was found guilty but insane for the murder of his 60-year-old mother Sarah Kellett. He attacked her on 29 January 1900. She later died on Wednesday 31 January 1900.
James Unwin - 14 Upton Street, Kirkstall Road, Leeds: James Unwin was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Harriet Unwin 32. He strangled her in her home at 14 Upton Street, Kirkstall on the morning of Sunday 17 December1899.
Adam Greeb - Victoria Dock Tavern, 61 Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town: Adam Greeb was convicted for the manslaughter of John Edward Ellingham. He stabbed him in the neck and groin during a quarrel in the Victoria Dock Tavern at 61 Victoria Dock Road.
Lydia Bates - 65 George Street, Sandford Hill, Loughton: Lydia Bates was on trial for the murder of her son Richard Henry Bates 8 but was found to be insane. When the police went to her property they found Richard Bates lying on a sofa with his head completely severed from his body with a hatchet.
Ada Chard Williams - 3 Grove Road, Barnes, London: Ada Williams was convicted of the murder of 21-month-old Selina Ellen Jones and sentenced to death. She battered and strangled her at Grove Road, Barnes, London and then threw her into the River Thames around 23 September, 1899.
Morris Cohen - Colney Hatch Asylum, Friern Barnet, London: Morris Cohen was convicted of the manslaughter of Hyman Alberge 41 but found to be insane at the time. They were both patients at Colney Hatch Asylum and had beds next to each other.
John McClung - Jerviston Place, Motherwell, Lanarkshire: John McClung was convicted of the culpable homicide of his wife Anna McClung. He killed her at their home in Jerviston Place, near Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
Peter Stewart - Church Street, Stenhousemuir, Larbert, Stirlingshire: Peter Stewart was convicted of the murder of his wife Marjorie Stewart. He beat her to death with a fire shovel at their home in Church Street, Stenhousemiur on 27 January 1900.
Christopher Taylor - Owlthorpe Hill, Mosborough, Eckington: Christopher Taylor was convicted of the manslaughter of Emily Bird. He had been drunk and fired a gun through Emily Bird's door killing her on 2 December 1899.
Michael Martin - Newport: Michael Martin was convicted of the attempted murder of a shipmate. He cut his throat at Newport on 19 December 1899.
John Thomas Blair - Newcastle Town Moor: John Thomas Blair was convicted of the manslaughter of Margaret Redden 19. He was a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers and he said that Margaret Redden had attempted to rob him and so he had kicked her to death.
Charles Kennedy - Hospital Wynd, Dundee: Charles Kennedy was convicted of the culpable homicide of his wife Jessie Cowan Kennedy. He beat her to death with a poker on 16 or 17 December 1899 at their house in Hospital Wynd, Dundee.
Patrick Burke - Leigh: Patrick Burke was convicted of the manslaughter of his brother-in-law Robert Delaney at Leigh. They had had an argument regarding the battle of Spion Kop in South Africa and Patrick Burke hit Robert Delaney with a poker.
Patrick Hamill - Pollock Street, Glasgow: Patrick Hamill was convicted of the culpable homicide of a child. He attacked his wife and killed her child at their house in Pollock Street, Glasgow on 27 January 1900.
Matthew Frederick Blake - Golden Anchor, Hoskin Street, Greenwich : Matthew Frederick Blake was convicted of the manslaughter of Richard Walsh 59. Matthew Blake was Richard Walsh's wife's brother's son.
John Hindmarsh and Theophilus Dunn - Cross Street, Netherton, Dudley: John Hindmarsh and Theophilus Dunn were convicted of the manslaughter of Benjamin Ward 39. They killed him in a street fight in Netherton on 26 December 1899.
Robert Goldspink - Pakefield, Lowestoft: Robert Goldspink was on trial for the murder of his neighbour but found to be insane and ordered to be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. The court heard that he had held an imaginary grievance against the nighbour and he struck him with a hatchet.
Robert Jennings - Burwell: Robert Jennings was found guilty but insane for the murder of his wife. He knocked her on the head with a spade and drowned her at Burwell.
Barton Thompson - Albion Street, Caledonian Road, Pentonville, London: John Grande, Charles Barrett and Alfred Jones were convicted of the manslaughter of 64-year-old Henry Benbow. Barton Thompson was also convicted of manslaughter the following year, on 15 January 1900.
Louisa Josephine Jemima Masset - Dalston Junction Railway Station, London: Louisa Masset was convicted of the murder of her 3-year-old son Manfred Louis Masset and sentenced to death. She beat him to death with a brick on 27 October 1899. She had beaten him to death with the brick and suffocated him after which she left his body in the women's toilets on No 3 platform at Dalston Junction railway station, London.
Pat Finn is a writer of UK true crime books and has written over 100 books detailing solved and unsolved cases in the UK.
