British Executions

John Hetherington

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 28 Mar 1740

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Chelmsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 28 March 1740 (Kentish Post)

John Hetherington and Thomas Hethington found guilty on an indictment for stealing a bay mare (valued at £14), the property of John Clarkson in the parish of Waltham Abbey on 31st August 1739.