Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Forgery
Date Of Execution: 1 Apr 1802
Execution Place: Ruthin
Method: hanging
Executioner:
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html
Denbighshire
1802
William Pursehouse & Josiah Tonks in the parish of Clocaenog on 9 December 1801 forged and uttered certain Bank notes for £10 to defraud the Bank of England (WALES 4/66/5). According to the Salopian Journal Wednesday 28 April they were both left for execution. No reprieves found nor any account of an execution.
