Age: unknown
Sex: male
Crime: highway robbery
Date Of Execution: 24 Mar 1755
Execution Place: Newgate
Method: hanging
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Edward Merril was to be executed for highway robbery near Whetstone.
On Friday 14 March 1755 he was ordered executed on the following Monday. Not clear if he was.
see Ipswich Journal - Saturday 15 March 1755
