Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: murder
Date Of Execution: 10 Apr 1777
Execution Place: Cheshire
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/cheshire.html
Thursday, 10 April 1777 (Shrewsbury Chronicle)
Samuel Thoday for the murder of Ann Smith at Congleton: cutting off her head and limbs, throwing them in a stream apart from the portion he is said to have eaten. After execution his body was hanged in chains on Congleton Heath.
