British Executions

James Sparks

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: forgery

Date Of Execution: 21 Apr 1802

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Field, Ilchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

James Sparks (aged 31) guilty of forging and uttering £2 Bank Notes with intent to defraud the Bank of England in the parish of Wookey on 30th December 1801.