Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 15 Apr 1760
Execution Place: Glamorganshire
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/glamorgan.html
Tuesday, 15 April 1760
Francis Roper (of the parish of Neath) on 23 March 1760 assaulted Jane John in the parish of Llantwit with a knife (value 3d) giving her a mortal wound 4" long and 4" deep across the front of her neck so that she instantly died (WALES 4/618/4). He was ordered for execution on Tuesday 15 April and afterwards his body to be hanged in chains near to the murder site (WALES 14/25).
