British Executions

Thomas Turner

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: high treason

Date Of Execution: 2 Sep 1780

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Staffordshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Thomas  Turner, aged 47, guilty of High Treason - being in illegal possession of a 1/- dye in the parish of Wolverhampton on 22nd May 1780.  He was ordered to be drawn to the place of execution.