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Herbert Rowse ARMSTRONG
 
 

 

 

Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, solicitor, hanged for the murder of his wife
and attempted murder of a rival, in 1922.

 

 

Armstrong's office at Hay.

 

 

Armstrong at his Magistrate's hearing.

 

 

A charabanc brings the jury to the courthouse in Hereford, Gloucestershire, during the
trial of solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong for the murder of his wife, April 1922.
Armstrong was found guilty andhanged at Gloucester Prison the following May.
(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

Members of the public outside the courtroom in Hereford, Gloucestershire, during the trial of solicitor
Herbert Rowse Armstrong for the murder of his wife, February 1922. Armstrong was found guilty
and hanged at Gloucester Prison the following May.
(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

Prosecution witness Doctor Thomas Hincks arrives at the courtroom in Hereford, Gloucestershire,
during the trial of solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong for the murder of his wife, Katharine,
April 1922. Hinks treated Armstrong's wife before she died of what turned out to be arsenic
poisoning in 1921. Armstrong was found guilty and hanged at Gloucester Prison the following May.
 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

Witnesses Doctor Webster (left) and Doctor Thomas Hincks (centre) outside the courtroom in Hereford,
Gloucestershire, during the trial of solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong for the murder of his wife,
Katharine, April 1922. Hinks treated Armstrong's wife before she died of what turned out to be
arsenic poisoning in 1921. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

Crowds outside the courtroom in Hereford, Gloucestershire, during the trial of solicitor
Herbert Rowse Armstrong for the murder of his wife, April 1922. Armstrong was
found guilty and hanged at Gloucester Prison the following May.
(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

April 1922: A crowd watching Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong leaving court
during his trial for murder of his wife.
(Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty images)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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