Age:
Sex: male
Crime: Horse theft
Date Of Execution: 20 Jul 1799
Crime Location:
Execution Place: Reading
Method: hannging
Executioner: unknown
Source:
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/berks.html
Saturday, 20 July 1799 County Gaol, Reading (Reading Mercury) William Matthews (aged 25) and Thomas White (aged 25) indicted for stealing a brown mare (valued at ?6), a black gelding (valued at ?18) and another gelding (valued at ?15), the property of William Sellwood, in the parish of Bray on 10th May 1799.
