British Executions

John Cowland

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 20 Dec 1700

Crime Location: Rose Tavern, Holborn

Execution Place: Tyburn

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng88.htm

John Cowland was convicted of the murder of Andrew Slanning and sentenced to death.

He stabbed him in the Rose Tavern near the Drury Lane theatre in early December 1700.