Age: 50
Sex: male
Crime: stealing sheep
Date Of Execution: 28 Mar 1789
Execution Place: Dorset
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/dorset.html
Saturday, 28 March 1789 (Western Flying Post)
William Coombs (aged 50) guilty of stealing 25 wether hogs (valued at £12.10/-), the property of Henry Sherron, in Leigh on 1st December 1788.