British Executions

John Mounsoon

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: arson

Date Of Execution: 29 Aug 1740

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 29 August 1740  (Kentish Post)

John Mounsoon guilty of arson in that he maliciously set fire to houses and outhouses, the property of Jacob Bowman