British Executions

James Lowther

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 15 Sep 1746

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Carlisle

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

1746

James Lowther guilty of the murder on 30th January 1746 of Michael Dawson in the parish of St Bees.  In the indictment it says that Dawson was assaulted in a close by the highway and was struck on the head with a stone.