British Executions

Paul Coleman

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 15 Aug 1748

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Durham

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Monday, 15 August 1748 (Newcastle Gazette)

Paul Coleman guilty of the highway robbery of William Huchinson in the parish of St Oswald in the City of Durham on 22nd April 1748: robbing him of a grey mare (valued at £8), a silver watch (valued at £4) and 2 silver shillings.