British Executions

James Silverthorn

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 30 Aug 1786

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Field, Ilchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

James Silverthorn guilty of the highway robbery of Mary, wife of Samuel Plumer in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe on 8th August 1786.