Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 22 Apr 1772
Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Ware Road, Hertford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/herts.html
Wednesday, 22 April 1772 (PRO reference E389) (Cambridge Chronicle - Friday 1 May)
Robert Wright found guilty of the highway robbery of William Walters in the parish of South Mimms on 25th July 1771: robbing him of 3 gold Moidores (each with a value of 27/-), 7 old quarter Moidores (each with a value of 6/9), 2 foreign gold coins (each with a value of 9/-), 1 foreign gold coin (value 4/6), 6 gold guineas, 1 gold half guinea and 1 gold quarter guinea.
