Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 21 Sep 1783
Execution Place: Exeter
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/devon.html
Friday, 21 September 1783 at Magdalen Road Gallows, Exeter. (Exeter Flying Post)
John Ashbolt and John Lee guilty of the highway robbery of William Hepping and Robert Heard on 19th July 1783 about 1 mile from the city on the Crediton Road: robbing them of a watch and about 30/- in silver.
