British Executions

Simon Masters

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 29 Aug 1783

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Heavitree Gallows

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Friday, 29 August 1783  (Exeter Flying Post)

Simon Masters guilty of the highway robbery of Nancy Cook, a passenger in his wagon: robbing her of 14 shillings and a copper halfpenny.