With special thanks to Monty Dart for researching this case from contemporary newspaper reports. It seems odd that the case of the last man to be executed in Wales and the first to be condemned under the provisions of the Homicide Act of 1957 in the Principality should attract so little public attention. Not even a photograph of … Read more
Background. Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel was born in New York on March the 15th 1926 to Scottish parents. Five years later, in 1932, the family returned to Scotland and set up home in Motherwell. By the age of 10 Manuel was considered a juvenile delinquent and served his first term in custody at age 15 for sexual assault. In 1946 Manuel attacked … Read more
This is the third in a series of cases examining those hanged under the provisions of the Homicide Act of 1957. See also Vivian Teed & Dennis Howard. Many people would associate the name of Marwood with the word hangman rather than with the words hanged man. Both are correct however. William Marwood was Britain’s principal hangman from 1874 – 1883 and … Read more
Early Life and Background Guenther Fritz Erwin Podola was perhaps the most unusual capital murder case tried under the provisions of the Homicide Act of 1957. His actions were not in dispute, but whether his amnesia—brought on by a blow to the head incurred during his arrest—was real or not was the question. Podola was … Read more
The Attack on Allan Jee On the evening of Saturday, 25th June 1960, 23-year-old Allan Edward John Jee had been out with his fiancée, Jacqueline Herbert. Having walked her home, he caught the bus to Hounslow in Middlesex, where he lived. Getting off the bus, he went down James Street, where four young men were … Read more
