Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Housebreaking
Date Of Execution: 26 Mar 1774
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Reading
Method: hannging
Executioner: unknown
Source:
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/berks.html
Saturday, 26 March 1774 (Reading Mercury) Richard Hoare indicted for breaking into the dwelling house of Richard Roby in the parish of Ardington on 24th February 1774; and stealing therefrom a cloth great coat (valued at 3/-), a cloth waistcoat (valued at 2/-), a hat (valued at 2/-), a linen shirt (valued at 2/-), a linen shift (valued at 2/-), a loaf of wheaten brad (valued at 1/-), 4 pounds of cheese (valued at 1/-) and a hempen sack (valued at 6d).
