British Executions

John Roberts

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: robbery

Date Of Execution: 5 Mar 1785

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Northampton Heath, Northamptonshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Saturday, 5 March 1785

John Roberts for a mail robbery at Boughton.  After execution his body was hanged in chains at Boughton Lane