British Executions

John Ellis

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 9 Apr 1777

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Chelmsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 4 April 1777  

John Ellis and John Price found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Thomas Wood the younger in the parish of Langdon Hills on 4th November 1777: robbing him of 2 gold guineas and other goods valued at £2).