Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Sheep theft
Date Of Execution: 25 Mar 1786
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Reading
Method: hannging
Executioner: unknown
Source:
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/berks.html
Saturday, 25 March 1786 (Reading Mercury) John Steptoe (aged 21) indicted for stealing 13 ewes (valued at ?10) and 7 lambs (valued at ?3), the property of John Stevens, in the parish of Childrey on 13th September 1795.
