James Smith

Age:

Sex: male

Crime: Highway robbery

Date Of Execution: 28 Aug 1802

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Ilchester Gallows Field

Method: hanging

Executioner:

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

Somersetshire

James Smith guilty of the highway robbery of John Shapland in the parish of Burnham on 22^nd June 1802: robbing him of a coat (valued at 40/-), a waistcoat (valued at 14/-), a pair of breeches (valued at 20/-), a hat (valued at 10/-), a shirt (valued at 13/-), a pair of shoes (valued at 7/-), 2 pairs of stockings (valued at 7/-), 3 handkerchiefs (valued at 6/-), a pewter dish (valued at 2/-), a printed book (valued at 2/-) and 1½ yards of ribbon (valued at 1/-).