Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: burglary
Date Of Execution: 29 Mar 1794
Execution Place: Dorset
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/dorset.html
Saturday, 29 March 1794 (Western Flying Post)
William Matthews guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Joseph Beard in the parish of Gillingham on 5th October 1793: stealing therefrom a pair of boots and other goods (valued at 22/-).
