British Executions

John Pain

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 1 Mar 1759

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Ware Road, Hertford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

March 1759                 

John Pain found guilty of the highway robbery of Joseph Woodward in the parish of Bushey on 26th September 1758: robbing him of 10 copper half pennies and 2/- in money numbered.