British Executions

Thomas Pearciful

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 19 Mar 1757

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Staffordshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Thomas  Pearciful guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Cartwright in the parish of Womborn on 17th November 1756: robbing him of a silver watch (valued at 40/-), a cloth coat (valued at 10/-), 2 woollen cloaks (valued at 20/-), 5 yards of Calimanco (valued at 8/-) and 6d in money numbered.