British Executions

Robert Smithson

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: stealing

Date Of Execution: 6 Aug 1785

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Robert Smithson guilty of stealing 50 wethers (valued at £30) and 1 gimmer (valued at 8/-), the property of Edward Carter, in the parish of Richmond on 5th Apri1 1785.