British Executions

Mary Melley

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: house breaking

Date Of Execution: 16 Mar 1786

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Gallows Hill, Ware Road, Hertford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Thursday, 16 March 1786 (Ipswich Journal - Saturday 25 March)

Joseph Ridgely Moore, aged 27, and Mary Melley, aged 30, found guilty of breaking into Hartingfordbury parish church on 10th October 1785;  and stealing therefrom a velvet pulpit cloth (valued at £4) and  2 linen surplices (valued at 20/-).