British Executions

Benjamin Baker

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 26 Aug 1737

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 26 Aug 1737 (Northampton Mercury)

Benjamin Baker (otherwise James Gray) guilty of the highway robbery of Philip Wherry: robbing him of £1.8/-.