British Executions

Richard Wood

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 12 Apr 1776

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 12 April 1776  (Exeter Flying Post)

Richard Wood guilty of the highway robbery of Bartholomew Salter: robbing him of a gold guinea and other money