Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 9 Mar 1778
Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Winchester
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/hants.html
John Desmont and Joseph Maseley guilty of the murder of Thomas Holland. They were hanged in the parish of Exton near the spot where the murder took place. Afterwards Maseley’s body was placed in chains and he was gibbeted there: Desmont.s body was sent for dissection.
