British Executions

Lewis Houssart

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 7 Dec 1724

Crime Location: Swan Alley, Shoreditch, London

Execution Place: Swan Alley, Shoreditch, London

Method: hanging

Executioner: unknown

Source: http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng680.htm

Lewis Houssart was convicted of the murder of his wife Ann Rondeau and sentenced to death.

He cut her throat at her lodgings in Swan Alley, Shoreditch.

see Newcastle Courant - Saturday 24 October 1724