British Executions

William Buckley

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 14 Aug 1762

Crime Location:

Execution Place: York

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

William Buckley guilty of the murder of his infant daughter, Mary, by cutting her throat with a knife, in the parish of Rock on 5th January 1762.  After execution his body was hanged in chains in Wyre Forest.