British Executions

Thomas Diggett

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 11 Apr 1740

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 11 April 1740  (Sherbourne Mercury)      

Thomas Diggett and Israel Jessing guilty of the highway robbery of John Howell: robbing him of 10/- in money numbered.