James Bilson

Age:

Sex: male

Crime: Stealing

Date Of Execution: 6 Apr 1801

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Exeter County Gaol

Method: hanging

Executioner:

Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/1800.html

Devonshire

James Bilson (aged 24) guilty of stealing 17 seamen’s beds (valued at £10), 17 flock beds (valued at £3), 17 woollen blankets (valued at £6), 17 flock pillows (valued at 17/-). 19 hempen hammocks (valued at £3) and 19 hempen mattresses (valued at £3) being naval stores, in the parish of Stoke Damerel on 4^th March 1801. Buried St Sidwell, Exeter on 9^th April.