British Executions

John Gills

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 17 Apr 1790

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Gills (otherwise Best) guilty of stealing a grey mare (valued at £10), the property of William Chalmer in the parish of Guisborough on 5th December 1789.