British Executions

Luke Atkinson

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 18 Mar 1771

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Luke Atkinson guilty of the murder of William Smith by striking him with an axe and a mattock in the parish of Skelton in Cleveland on 24th November 1770.