British Executions

William Blade

Age:

Sex: male

Crime: Forgery

Date Of Execution: 9 Apr 1802

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Exeter County Gaol

Method: hanging

Executioner:

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html

Devonshire

William Blade (aged 22) guilty of forging and uttering a £2 bank of England Note with intent to defraud the Governors of the Bank of England in the parish of Stoke Damerel on 17th September 1801.