British Executions

John Clarke

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 1 Mar 1740

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Leicestershire

Method: unknown

Executioner: unknown

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

March/April 1740 (??) John Clarke for a highway robbery (mail coach). No reprieve traced. As it involved a mail coach it is likely to have resulted in an execution.