British Executions

Eugene Aram

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 6 Aug 1759

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Eugene Aram, aged 54, guilty of the murder of Daniel Clark by striking him on his head with a hammer in the parish of Knaresborough on 8th February 1745.  His body was after execution hanged in chains in Knaresborough Forest.