Florence Lily Freeman

The household at Kingston Place

Florence Lily Freeman was killed at 4 Kingston Place, Porter Street, on 28 August 1909. The case record identifies her as the wife of Robert Freeman and sister-in-law of John Freeman. John was convicted of her murder. [source]

The events reported that night

University of Hull research describes an argument between the brothers after an evening at the Myton Tavern. Florence was stabbed during the confrontation, left the house and died while being taken to the infirmary. The research cites the Hull Daily Mail of 30 August 1909, page 6, for the contemporary account. [source]

The trial and its outcome

The same research identifies a Hull Daily Mail report of 19 November 1909, page 6, covering the death sentence. John Freeman was found guilty of murder. The execution record gives 7 December 1909 as the date of his hanging at Hull and identifies a Home Office file, HO 144/538/185889, as a further research source. [source]

The case summary also records an earlier threat against Florence in February 1908, following which a policeman took John to the station. That reported earlier incident belongs to the chronology, but the original police or court material should be checked before a longer account is written. [source]

Photographs and the archive trail

Hull History Centre's Health Department Photographs catalogue lists Kingston Place, Porter Street, under L THP/1374. It also lists two living-room interiors described as a murder scene, L THP/1370 and L THP/1371. The catalogue leaves them undated; their connection to this particular case has not yet been established. [source]

The images used on this website are decorative artwork. The catalogue references are leads for obtaining authentic archive photographs, with their identification and reproduction permissions checked first.