British Executions

Edward Broome

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: stealing

Date Of Execution: 1 Sep 1742

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Moor Heath/Old Heath, Shrewsbury

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Edward Broome guilty of stealing 8 wethers (valued at £3), 1 ram (valued at 6/-) and 5 other sheep (valued at 30/-), the property of Joan Poston, widow, in the parish Cleobury on 2nd May 1742.