British Executions

John Thompson

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: stealing sheep

Date Of Execution: 7 Apr 1787

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Thompson (otherwise Richard Clarke) guilty of stealing 8 oxen (valued at £80), the property of Samuel Scatchard, in the parish of Pontefract on 26th November 1786.