British Executions

Edward Dowson

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 20 Mar 1778

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Lincolnshire

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 20 March 1778  

Robert Blades (aged 50) and Edward Dowson (aged 33) for the highway robbery of Mr Bates in Belton Park.