Lot 79
Archive of Material formerly the Property of Hangman Henry Albert Pierrepoint (1878-1922)
Lot 79 Details
Archive of Material formerly the Property of Hangman Henry Albert Pierrepoint (1878-1922)
including quantity of correspondence relating to ‘commissions’ including a letter from the London War office advising him of work in Germany in 1947, together with a small log book documenting executions between 1901 and 1910 with detailing date, name, age, height, weight, ‘drop’, remarks (strong neck) and town, with addition notes on ‘Principle Executions’ together with cloth ‘drop’ measuring tape
book 4.5" x 3" — 11.4 x 7.6 cm.
Estimate $500-$700