Accused
William Herbert Wallace
- Born
- 29 August 1878
- Died
- 26 February 1933, aged about 55
- Record
- Wikidata Q8012257 · Wikipedia
Accused in The Murder of Julia Wallace
Prudential insurance agent; convicted of his wife's murder, then freed when the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the verdict.
1931 · 29 Wolverton Street, Anfield, Liverpool · Disputed verdict
A phone message sent a Liverpool insurance man to an address that did not exist. He came home to find his wife dead, and was sentenced to hang. Read the case.
Dated events
William Wallace marries Julia Dennis in Harrogate.
A caller calling himself R. M. Qualtrough leaves a message for Wallace at the Liverpool Central Chess Club.
Wallace searches in vain for Menlove Gardens East; returning home at about 8.45 pm, he finds Julia dead.
About two weeks after the murder, Wallace is arrested and charged.
The Court of Criminal Appeal quashes the conviction and Wallace is released.
Wallace dies of kidney disease at Clatterbridge Hospital, aged 54.