Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 29 Aug 1746
Execution Place: Chelmsford
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/essex.html
Friday, 29 August 1746
John Skinner found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Daniel Brett, by shooting him with a gun in the right side of his belly, in the parish of St Giles, Colchester, on 23rd May 1744, so that he died the following day.