British Executions

Samuel Barns

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: stealing

Date Of Execution: 1 Apr 1742

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Field, Ilchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Samuel Barns guilty of stealing 6 wethers (valued at 48/-), the property of Hannah Cox

 

 No reprieves traced for any of the above-mentioned two.  Probably hanged.