British Executions

William Adams

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 12 Apr 1765

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Surrey

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Benjamin Marshall and William Adams found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Abraham Newhouse in the parish of Putney on 27th December 1764: robbing him of 4/- in money numbered.