British Executions

John Shepherd

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 29 Mar 1783

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Staffordshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Shepherd, aged 18, guilty of the highway robbery John Holmes in the parish of Penn on 17th January 1783: robbing him of a watch (valued at £3).