Charlotte Bryant
Charlotte Bryant
Charlotte Bryant at her trial.
Charlotte Bryant home.
Evidence
Evidence
Charlotte Bryant's Execution
An illiterate, 33 year old Irish woman with five children was hung at
Exeter Prison on 15th July
1936
for poisoning her husband. The
anti-capital punishment campaigner Mrs Van de Elst made
an
appearance
in her Rolls Royce at 8am outside the prison in protest, with a crowd
of
about 2 to 3 thousand.
Bryant sent a telegram to King Edward VIII
the day before which said "Mighty
King, Have pity
on your lowly,
afflicted subject. Don't let them kill
me on Wednesday. Ask them to give
Mrs Van de Elst an opportunity of
saying
what will prove my innocence. From the brink
of the cold, dark,
grave I am a poor helpless woman. I ask you not
to let them kill
me, I
am innocent."