Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Horse theft
Date Of Execution: 12 Aug 1780
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Reading
Method: hannging
Executioner: unknown
Source:
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/berks.html
Saturday, 12 August 1780 (Reading Mercury) Richard Oldcroft indicted for stealing a dun gelding (valued at ?3), the property of Mary Taylor, in the parish of St Mary Reading on 7th February 1780.
