British Executions

John Stead

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 7 Apr 1739

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Stead, aged 38, guilty of stealing a mouse-grey coloured mare (value £3), the property of William Hewitson, in the parish of Sproxton on 1st February 1739.