British Executions

John Knight

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 19 Apr 1754

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday 19 April 1754 (Western Flying Post)

John Knight guilty of the highway robbery of Elizabeth Webber: robbing him of 2d in money numbered.