British Executions

John Murphy

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 12 Aug 1797

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Winchester

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

John Murphy guilty of the highway robbery of William Peart in the parish of Portsmouth on 14th June 1797: robbing him of goods (valued at 27/-).