British Executions

John Hugh Jones

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 12 Mar 1791

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Chelmsford

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Saturday, 12 March 1791                                 

John Hugh Jones (otherwise John Jones) found guilty on an indictment for the murder of Evan Roberts (otherwise Robert Griffith Ellis) by beating him with the handle of a whip loaded with lead in the parish of Rayne on 22nd June 1790.