British Executions

John Wright

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 11 Apr 1741

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Wright guilty of the murder of Upkin Sterling, widow, by beating her about the head with a wooden stick in the parish of Wakefield on 18th October 1740.