William Day

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 30 Mar 1787

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Chelmsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 30 March 1787 (Ipswich Journal)

William Day, aged 23, found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of William Sharpe in the parish of Clavering on 16^th December 1786: robbing him of a key (valued at 1d), 5 gold guineas and 1 gold half guinea.