British Executions

John Rotchley

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: rape

Date Of Execution: 30 Aug 1777

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Lancaster Moor

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/lanc1735.html

Saturday, 30 August 1777 (Manchester Magazine) 

John Rotchley guilty of the rape of Mary Sutherland, his 9 year old grand-daughter, in Liverpool on 16th May 1777.