British Executions

John Woollard

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

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)       

John Woollard, aged 31, found guilty on an indictment for stealing a brown gelding (valued at £6), the property of Robert How in the parish of Hornchurch on 6th November 1786.