British Executions

Walter Allen

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: arson

Date Of Execution: 28 Jul 1758

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Chelmsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 28 July 1758 (Northampton Mercury)

Walter Allen and Joseph Hitchcock found guilty on an indictment for the felonious  and malicious burning of a barn, the property of Samuel Ruggles, in the parish of Bocking on the 29th August 1757.