John Dickman

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John Alexander Dickman ( May 17, 1864 - August 10, 1910 ) was an Englishman who was hanged for murder.

Dickman was convicted of the murder of John Nisbet during a train ride on March 18, 1910 between Newcastle-on-Tyne and Alnmouth . Nisbet was found dead by the conductor with five gunshot wounds in a train compartment; his bag was stolen. Dickman was sentenced on July 6 of the same year and hanged on August 10, despite doubts. The writer CH Norman was among those who believed Dickman's innocence.

The case was reopened in the 1976 episode Murder on the 10:27 in the British television series Second Verdict , which re-examined historical criminal cases by fictional investigators, including the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby and the Reichstag fire .

literature

  • American law review, Vol. 45, 1911, pp. 642-668
  • Diane Janes Edwardian Murder: Ightham and the Morpeth Train Robbery. 2007 ISBN 978-0-7509-4780-0
  • Sidney Orme Rowan-Hamilton (Ed.): Trial of John Alexander Dickman . Notable English trials, Vol. 18, Canada Law Book Co., 1914
  • The case also appeared in the following books:
    • Walter Wood: Survivor's tales of famous crimes, Cassell and Co., Ltd., 1916
    • William Teignmouth Shore: Crime and its detection, Volume 2, The Gresham publishing company ltd., 1932, pp. 34-49
    • Leigh Hadley Irvine: The follies of the courts, Fred B Rothman & Co, 1987, ISBN 0837722403 , pp. 140 ff.
    • John J. Eddleston's book: Blind justice: miscarriages of justice in twentieth-century Britain? , under the title John Alexander Dickman from pp. 61 to 66 in

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ EJ Wagner: Wissenschaft bei Sherlock Holmes: And the beginnings of forensic medicine , Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, ISBN 978-3-527-50378-0 , p. 203 online
  2. ↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/history-newcastle-north-east/remember-when/2008/05/14/was-last-hanged-man-really-a-murderer -72703-20904196 /
  3. ^ American law review, Volume 45, 1911 Ohline
  4. ^ Edwardian Murder: Ightham & the Morpeth Train Robbery on the website of Diane James
  5. ^ Walter Wood: Survivor's tales of famous crimes Online
  6. ^ William Teignmouth Shore: Crime and its detection, Volume 2, Online
  7. ^ Leigh Hadley Irvine: The follies of the courts Online
  8. ^ John J. Eddleston Blind justice: miscarriages of justice in twentieth-century Britain? , ABC-CLIO Ltd, 2000, ISBN 978-1851093434 Online
personal data
SURNAME Dickman, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dickman, John Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English murderer
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1864
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1910