1948. St. Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley, London, UK. The End Of An Historic Case For One Participant.

London Metropolitan Police Constable Nat Edgar aged 33 lost his life at the hands of a gunman and this image was taken at his funeral.

The funeral was attended by the then Home Secretary, Chuter Ede M.P. and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Harold Scott.

FULL DETAILS OF PC EDGAR'S MURDER HERE

MORE INFORMATION HERE FROM LEONARD BENTLEY:

Here is the Times report of the sentencing.
THOMAS SENTENCED TO DEATH NEW FORMULA USED
Sentence of death was passed at the Central Criminal Court yesterday on DONALD GEORGE THOMAS, 22, a soldier, who was found Guilty of the murder of Police constable Nathaniel Edgar, by shooting him at Wade’s Hill, Southgate, on February 13. The policeman was found dying from bullet Wounds at the entrance to a garage of a house, and he died soon after he had been taken to hospital. Thomas, stated to be a deserter from the Army, giving evidence in his defence, said that Police constable Edgar stopped him near Southgate tube station and questioned him about his movements that evening. He told the policeman he could check up on him at a house at Wade's Hill. He said that to bluff the policeman. When they got to the house he could see someone was at home, and he took out his gun and pointed it at Edgar to scare him. The policeman pressed down on the gun and it went off. Mr. D. Curtis-Bennett, K.C. (for the defence). Did you intend that Edgar should be killed? Most certainly not. Did you intend that Edgar should suffer grievous bodily harm? No. The jury, on which there was one woman, considered their verdict for 50 minutes.
NO BLACK CAP
This was the ﬁrst murder trial at the Central Criminal Court since the House of Commons decision to suspend the death penalty. Mr. Justice Hilbery did not wear the black cap when passing sentence on Thomas, and a new and shorter formula was used, the Judge saying to the prisoner: “The sentence of the Court upon you is the sentence prescribed by the law, namely, that you shall suffer death by hanging.” The ‘Amen’ usually pronounced by a chaplain was omitted.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Finchley (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1948

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