British Executions

Edmund Richards

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 9 Aug 1749

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Sussex

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Edmund Richards found guilty on an indictment for the murder of William Galley.  He was ordered to be executed on Wednesday 9 August.  After execution his body was hanged in chains on Hambrook Common.