British Executions

Alexander MacGowan

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: forgery

Date Of Execution: 6 Sep 1800

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Carlisle

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

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

Saturday 6 September 1800 at Low Sands, Carlisle  (Cumberland Packet)

Alexander MacGowan guilty of a forgery.  Indictment still to be checked.

According to the registers for St Mary’s, Carlisle McGowan (age 24) was buried on 7 September.