British Executions

James MFidum

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 27 Aug 1750

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Durham

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Monday, 27 August 1750    (Newcastle Journal)

James M'Fidum guilty of the highway robbery of Robert Hopes the younger in the City of Durham on 8th January 1750: robbing him of a coat, a waistcoat, a shirt, a pair of shoes, a pair of stockings, a neckcloth and a hat (valued in all at 5/-).