British Executions

William Brook

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 7 Aug 1790

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Sussex

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

William Brook (otherwise William Jones) found guilty on an indictment for stealing a bay mare (valued at £16), the property of Edmund Cruttenden in the parish of Catsfield on 17th November 1789.