Charles Peace

Born: 14 May 1832
Died: 25 February 1879, aged about 47
Record: Wikidata Q5081549 · Wikipedia

Perpetrator in The Banner Cross Murder

Sheffield burglar; convicted of murdering Arthur Dyson and hanged at Armley Gaol, Leeds. Confessed before his death to killing PC Cock.

1876–1879 · Banner Cross, Sheffield, and Whalley Range, Manchester · Executed

A limping Sheffield burglar shot two men, let an innocent one take the blame, and lived as a respectable gentleman in Peckham until a Blackheath break-in. Read the case.

Dated events

14 May 1832
Charles Peace is born in Darnall, Sheffield.
1 August 1876
Shortly before midnight Peace shoots PC Nicholas Cock at Whalley Range, Manchester; Cock dies the next day.
29 November 1876
Peace shoots Arthur Dyson behind the Dysons' new house at Banner Cross, Sheffield.
10 October 1878
Peace is caught burgling a house in St John's Park, Blackheath, after shooting PC Edward Robinson in the arm.
25 February 1879
Peace is hanged at Armley Gaol, Leeds, by William Marwood, having confessed to the Cock killing.