John Smith

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 13 Aug 1737

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Saturday, 13 August 1737 (Newcastle Courant)

John Smith (otherwise Thomas Smith, otherwise Tobias Goodall) guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Stainton in the parish of Saxton (sic) on 8^th April 1737: robbing him of a gold half guinea, a silver crown piece, 16/- in money, a medal with a portrait of Queen Anne (valued at 2/6) and a medal with a portrait of King George I (valued at 2/6).