British Executions

Abraham Robertshaw

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: forgery

Date Of Execution: 9 Sep 1791

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Abraham Robertshaw guilty of the forgery of a Bill of Exchange, dated 21st April 1791, drawn by Lodge & Co, on Messrs Baron Dimsdale & Co. for £15.15/-, in the parish of St Denis in the City of York on 28th April 1791.  A city execution