Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: stealing
Date Of Execution: 19 Oct 1767
Execution Place: Bodmin
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/cornwall.html
Monday, 5 or 19 October 1767 Launceston (Western Flying Post)
William Pearse guilty of stealing 30 pounds of cotton (valued at 30/-) and a coil of rope (value at 5/-), the property of Julian Moisson, from the “L’Adalaide” which was wrecked at Cambeach. Hanged St Stephen’s near Launceston.
