Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 25 Apr 1753
Execution Place: Carmarthenshire
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/camarth.html
1753
Rees Bethel The gaol file for this session has not survived. Highway robbery of Rachel, wife of James Benhan, in the parish of Llantrisant (clearly spelled but I cannot find such a parish in Carmarthenshire): stole 1 knife (value 1/-); a silver pocket piece (value 2/-); a nutmeg grater (value 6d); one cheque for 1/6; a silk handkerchief (value 4/-) and 13/- in silver coin (WALES 14/54). Left for execution. No reprieve traced.
