Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 30 Nov 1758
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Reading
Method: hannging
Executioner: unknown
Source:
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/berks.html
William Cooper and Thomas Cross indicted for the highway robbery of Thomas Elton in the parish of Newbury on 18th January 1759: robbing him of 3 foreign gold 36/- pieces, 2 gold Moidores (each with a value of 27/-) and 3/- in money numbered. Executed.
