British Executions

William Knight

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 1 Aug 1744

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Field, Ilchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

William Knight guilty of stealing a black mare, the property of William Councell.  No reprieve traced. Probably hanged.