British Executions

John Wilkinson

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: horse stealing

Date Of Execution: 2 Apr 1773

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 2 April 1773  (Exeter Flying Post)           

John Wilkinson guilty of stealing a dark brown mare (valued at  £6), the property of Matthew Taylor