Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: burglary
Date Of Execution: 3 Sep 1764
Execution Place: unknown
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/northumbria.html
Monday, 3 September 1764 - Westgate, Newcastle (Newcastle Journal)
James Edgar, of Morpeth, guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Edward Biggs in West Jesmond at about midnight on 22nd November 1764: stealing therefrom, among other things, 2 pairs of woollen blankets (value 10/-), a chintz counterpane (value 10/-), a cotton counterpane (value 5/-) and silver tea-spoons (value 5/-).
