Age:
Sex: male
Crime: uttering
Date Of Execution: 8 May 1800
Execution Place: Montgomery
Method: hanging
Executioner:
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html
Montgomeryshire
Thursady, 8 May 1800
James Taylor in the parish of Pool on 10 March 1800 counterfeited and forged 8 Bank notes of value £10 each with intent to defraud the Bank of England (WALES 4/196/7). Hereford Journal Wednesday 14 May On Thursday last was executed at Montgomery JW for forging and uttering notes on the Bank of England: this unhappy man's sister was lately executed at Warwick for a similar offence.
Montgomery QS papers Midsummer 1800 show he was dieted to 8 May.
