British Executions

William Suffolk

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 24 Mar 1797

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Norfolk

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday 24 March 1797 Thetford                                                                   

William Suffolk (aged 46) guilty of the murder of Mary Beck, by beating her with a stick, in the parish of North Walsham on the 3rd February 1797, so that she died on 5th February.  After execution his body was hanged on chains at North Walsham.