British Executions

William Weldon

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 16 Mar 1789

Crime Location:

Execution Place: unknown

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Monday, 16 March 1789 Mount Pleasant. Oakham (Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury)

William Weldon and Richard Weldon for the murder at Hambledon of John Freeman, a baker of Edith Weston on 14 November 1788.  Afterwards their bodies were hanged in chains on Hambleon Hill.