British Executions

John Guthrie

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: adultery

Date Of Execution: 1 Jan 1617

Crime Location:

Execution Place: unknown

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/14724/transcript/1

John Guthrie was prosecuted for the crime of notorious adultery; in 1617, when he was sentenced to be taken to the Cross of Edinburgh, and hanged on a gibbet till he be dead ; and he appears to have been carried to immediate execution.