THE MURDER OF A HULL FISHERLAD
... | EXECUTION 01 WHEATFILL. On Tuesday morning, at eight o'clock, Edward Wheatfill, who, at the recent York Aseizes, was con- demned to death for the wilful murder of Peter Hughes, a fisherlad, on the high seas, underwent the last penalty of the law within the walls of the prison of York Castle. The circumstances of the murder, which was of a most horrible character, are too well known to ...