British Executions

Edward Painter

Age:

Sex: male

Crime: stealing a cow

Date Of Execution: 29 Mar 1802

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Reading

Method: hannging

Executioner: unknown

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

Monday, 29 March 1802 County Gaol, Reading (Reading Mercury) Edward Painter indicted for stealing a heifer (valued at ?10), the property of David Hughes and Thomas William, in the parish of Woolhampton on 6th December 1801; and a heifer (valued at ?10), the property of Evan Evans.